Sentences with phrase «kratom products»
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered a mandatory recall of a Las Vegas company's powdered kratom products, because salmonella was found in the herbal supplement.
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb isn't mincing words about kratom, the increasingly popular herbal substance that's been hawked as an alternative to painkillers and anti-depressants by companies promoting its ostensible curative properties (and supposedly innate safety as a «natural,» plant - based product).
Under kratom's current legal status, it can't be marketed for therapeutic reasons, and there are no FDA - approved uses for the herbal product.
«We continue to have serious concerns about the safety of any kratom - containing product and we are pursuing these concerns separately.»
Advocates for kratom tend to argue that the FDA is protecting big pharmaceutical interests — or at the very least isn't keeping an open mind — by cracking down on the product.
The agency warned last fall that there's little evidence to support kratom's use as a «natural» pain relief alternative, and in February, it issued a public health advisory saying that kratom compounds — ostensibly meant to replace addictive opioid products — are actually opioid products themselves.
The FDA kratom recall is aimed at a company called Triangle Pharmanaturals LLC after some products from the company were found to contain salmonella, according to the agency.
Often used to help people with opioid addiction, kratom (which can be bought online or in a vending machine) has caused at least 36 deaths because the product is unregulated and being used without instruction.