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Beware: Synthetic kratom — 7-OH — is powering a new opioid crisis
Dangerous products are marketed as “kratom extract” or “enhanced kratom” and often disguised as candies, gummies and even ice ...
FDA Head Marty Makary on Food Dyes, Ultra-Processed Foods and the MAHA Agenda
The Food and Drug Administration commissioner reveals what health officials are prioritizing in a forthcoming report on ...
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Vinay Prasad, a powerful FDA official, departs after controversy over rare disease drug
Vinay Prasad, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration, has suddenly departed after a series of controversial ...
FDA Chief Marty Makary To Overhaul 1992 Food Pyramid, Slams Carb-Heavy Diet
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is spearheading a major overhaul of the agency’s dietary guidelines, including rewriting the 1992 food pyramid.
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: Starting Process To Schedule "7-Hydroxymitragynine" Kratom Extract As Dangerous, Illegal Opioid
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference Tuesday that the federal government is beginning to process to ...
FDA 'rewriting' food pyramid guidelines
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he is focused on overhauling long-held standards and ...
Federal officials push to restrict kratom-derived opioid 7-OH
Federal officials promised on Tuesday to crack down on a potent semisynthetic opioid found in gas store gummies, drinks and ...
FDA seeks to classify 7-OH as Schedule 1 drug amid addiction concerns
Food and Drug Administrator Commissioner Marty Makary has requested that the Drug Enforcement Administration classify 7-OH as ...
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FDA calls for illicit drug scheduling of high-dose kratom plant extract 7-OH
The Trump administration is recommending that a compound called 7-OH be scheduled as an illicit drug, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced Tuesday. The compound is a ...
FDA Commissioner Makary: Ban Targets Synthetic Concentrated 7-OH, Not Naturally Occurring Trace Amounts
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference Tuesday that scheduling "7-Hydroxymitragynine" (7-OH) kratom extract ...
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Trump administration moves to ban concentrated 7-OH, kratom-related synthetic
The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to add 7-OH, a psychoactive compound derived from the kratom plant, to the schedule ...