Assessment of Kratom Use Disorder and Withdrawal Among an Online Convenience Sample of US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Since 2007, kratom use in the United States has increased, centered around nonmedical self-treatment of pain, psychiatric, and substance use disorder symptoms. Reports of kratom withdrawal have emerged amidst description of therapeutic effects, yet we know little about disordered use. Our objective was to assess Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 substance use disorder for kratom ("kratom use disorder," KUD) and examine kratom withdrawal symptoms among those who ever used regularly. We also sought to identify clinical characteristics of respondents who qualified for current, remitted, or never KUD.

Methods

Between April and May 2021, we re-recruited online respondents who reported lifetime kratom use on an unrelated survey into our cross-sectional kratom survey

SUBMITTER: Smith KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9402806 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov-Dec 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature