Vania Modesto-Lowe, Deanna Sgambato, Jasleen Kaur, Margaret Chaplin
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Abstract
As kratom products become more widely used in the United States, physicians will be more likely to encounter patients who are using these unregulated and unstudied substances. This focused review addresses questions such as what kratom is, whether it is safe, who is using it (and why), how to treat patients who are using it, and what to tell them.
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The mission of Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (CCJM) is to provide its readers with up-to-date, practical, clinical information relevant to internal medicine, cardiology, and related fields. Consistent with this mission, CCJM focuses on timely review articles and other content that has a continuing-education orientation rather than on original research or case reports. CCJM authors, drawn from Cleveland Clinic and other top medical institutions throughout the world, are asked to identify new findings that are changing the practice of medicine and to advise readers how to apply them in daily patient care. Authors are chosen for their experience, acquired through caring for patients, teaching other physicians, and researching clinical questions.