maybe i'm missing something, but where does such a high tolerance of opiates come from?
In Morphine's case, tolerance would stem from his one and a half year old daily use of pharmaceutical opiates. I was thinking he had just recently quit the stuff but as he apparently quitted in february most of his tolerance should have gone away by now.
In my case, I've had some tolerance to kratom when i tried dosing too often. It stopped producing the effects i liked about it so i spaced out my doses so i can enjoy the fullest of its effects.
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The kratom alkaloids Mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitraginine, although being structurally related to indole based psychedelics, are delta and mu-opioid agonists.
They bond to delta-opioid receptors in lower doses, resulting in stimulation.
Mu in higher doses, producing opium-like effects.
As you may know repeated opioid use results in heavy tolerance. And also cross-tolerance between all substances that act on mu-opioid receptors.
That's the reason his tolerance to opiates would affect his tolerance to kratom.
It is a stimulant. Reduces Attention Deficit Disorder, like say Ritalin or Adderal.
It also effectively produces opiate-like effects in higher doses. Which makes it a strong euphoriant and potent pain-killer.
And it is also capable of stopping - or at least substantially decreasing - opiate withdrawal symptoms.
And it is not nearly as addicting as true opiates.
Which makes it an excellent tool to help break addictions, because it eliminates the withdrawal symptoms without merely postponing or delaying them.
why substitute it with something else? some condition?
As i said in my first post: it is great to stop using real opiates, but it is not that great to subtitue addictions.
Procedure should be once the withdrawal symptoms set in, a high dose of kratom is taken every day to eliminate these symptoms. When these symptoms cease to reappear the kratom is no longer necessary.
The user may than go through a phase of kratom withdrawal but this is much milder and easier to handle than opiate withdrawal.
why use that stuff and twice a week? do you or your body actually need it?
I use kratom every other month. In 'kratom months' i do it once a week, usually on sundays. In 'non kratom months' i don't use it.
I use it simply because i love the high. Neither my body or my mind needs it although they both enjoy it a lot
Morphine wants to feel the 'warmth' again without falling back into opiate addiction. I guess we can say that although his body doesn't need the drug anymore (he quit long enough ago), his mind still craves that delightful bliss that opiates produce...