Safety

The honest answer is more interesting than either side wants it to be. Fatal outcomes from kratom alone are rare. Nearly all recorded deaths involved combinations.

Health Canada lists potential for abuse and dependence. The published evidence supports that, with important nuance about how the most-quoted survey figure is generated.

This is the kratom risk least likely to appear on a vendor website and arguably the most practically important, especially for anyone already taking prescription medication.

Health Canada lists liver toxicity among its stated risks. It is real, it is uncommon, and it usually reverses when caught early. Here is what the case literature actually documents.

Most vendors avoid this subject entirely. Here is what the published literature and Health Canada actually document, including the parts that are uncomfortable for a company that sells this material.