{"id":3760,"date":"2016-07-31T05:28:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T09:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2016-07-29T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T15:32:35","slug":"poison-control-centers-are-getting-a-surge-of-calls-about-natural-painkiller-kratom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3760","title":{"rendered":"Poison control centers are getting a surge of calls about \u2018natural\u2019 painkiller kratom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Eric Boodman for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p>The herbal supplement seemed like a miracle. Trying to kick an opioid addiction, the middle-aged man\u00a0found he could soothe his cravings with a tea made from an Asian plant called kratom. It relieved his pain and made him more alert. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/07\/28\/kratom-opioid-overdoses\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8bakry0SpEZTwI-Oxbd28KkLricYDprHfkeuOYqFDyiwJQImKBzt5CeZp45UDB--UxzFFgTx39NN7LXH1dboykdXPQ4w&amp;_hsmi=32258856\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Eric Boodman for STAT) The herbal supplement seemed like a miracle. Trying to kick an opioid addiction, the middle-aged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3761,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3760\/revisions\/3761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}