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A member asked:
Why does kratom make you feel exactly how hydrocodone makes you feel and not be illegal? why can't pharmaceutical companies makeit for pain killers?
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What is Kratom?: Answer too complicated for why pharm companies can and can't make certain medications. Profits, side effects, safety etc.
Answered 4/6/2013
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Kratom: Kratom does stimulate the same receptor that hydrocodone stimulates and so they share some properties. However, kratom has a number of other psychoactive effects that hydrocodone does not share. No doubt, pharmaceutical companies have looked at it.
Answered 11/8/2013
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