/nootropics/ - Kratom edition

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>Assessment of gonadotropins and testosterone hormone levels in regular Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) users

>Regular kratom tea/juice consumption over prolonged periods (>2 years) was not associated with testosterone impairing effects in humans.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29626673/

>Kratom, an Emerging Drug of Abuse,
Raises Prolactin and Causes Secondary
Hypogonadism: Case Report

>A 42-year-old man presented with poor energy and low libido. He had mildly elevated serum prolactin with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism as evidenced by low serum testosterone with luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone in the normal range. At his initial visit, he reported no use of any recreational or therapeutic drug. Two months later when seen in follow-up, both the testosterone and prolactin levels had returned to normal. At that visit he reported frequent use of kratom, which he had discontinued a few days after the first visit.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2324709618765022

(((They))) don't want you to know kratom is safe.