Kratom use disorder as a gateway to an opioid use disorder
Introduction Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a psychoactive substance native to Thailand and Southeast Asia with stimulant-like effects at lower doses and opioid-like effects at higher doses. Kratom’s chemical composition, specifically mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, has partial agonist mu-opi...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2023-03-01
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| Series: | European Psychiatry |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933823013652/type/journal_article |