This paper looks at 28 people who were addicted to a plant called kratom. Kratom can make people feel good, but it can also be addictive. The doctors in this study treated the people with a medicine called buprenorphine. Buprenorphine helps people stop using substances like opioid drugs and kratom.
The study found that most of the people in the study were able to stop using kratom after taking buprenorphine for several months. Some people had a hard time at first, but the doctors were able to help them by adjusting the amount of buprenorphine they took. Overall, the study shows that buprenorphine can be a helpful treatment for people who are addicted to kratom.
This study was done in the real world, not in a lab. The doctors looked at the medical records of 28 people who were treated for kratom addiction.
Key takeaways:
- Buprenorphine can be an effective treatment for kratom use disorder.
- Most patients had negative urine tests for kratom after 12 weeks of buprenorphine treatment.
- There was no clear correlation between past kratom use and the stabilizing buprenorphine dose.
- Buprenorphine treatment led to reduction in kratom use for most patients.
For further reading:
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08897077.2021.2010250
Full Citation:
Broyan, V. R., Brar, J. K., Allgaier, T., & Allgaier, J. T. (2022). Long-term buprenorphine treatment for kratom use disorder: A case series. Substance abuse, 43(1), 763-766
