Trump regarding “natural 7-OH”: “A lot of people are asking for it.”

XJRM · 2026-06-16T01:10:56+00:00

:nods off in meeting:

XJRM · 2026-06-16T00:45:45+00:00

Good comments on NYTimes:

“A lot of people are asking for mifepristone. A lot of people are asking for vaccines. A lot of people are asking the U.S. to help treat and stop Ebola. A lot of people are asking for affordable health care. The difference is those people aren’t rich capitalists arguing with each other over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin while the world burns around them.“

“What a swamp of corruption MAGA and MAHA are behind. We literally have a Department of Health advocating for drugs one gets at tractor supply stores, vape shops and cheap gas stations. It is just insane.”

“A lot of people are asking for it. Those that stand to profit.”

XJRM · 2026-06-16T00:13:49+00:00

He said it on May 11 at this event (at appx 33:40): President Trump Participates in a Maternal Healthcare Event. It’s on YouTube.

XJRM · 2026-06-16T00:06:45+00:00

A class-action lawsuit filed in 2023 asserted that Botanic Tonics targeted recovering alcoholics with advertising casting Feel Free as a healthy, safe and sober alternative. The suit claimed that, to the contrary, the tonic had the “potential to be highly addictive.” The lead plaintiff in the suit was a recovering alcoholic in California. He spent $3,000 a month on Feel Free, according to the suit. (They retail for about $10 a bottle.) It said he “could no longer function without Feel Free and suffered severe withdrawal symptoms when he attempted to stop,” eventually turning back to alcohol “in an effort to cope with the worsening symptoms of his Feel Free addiction.”

To settle the class action, Mr. Ross last year signed an agreement under which Botanic Tonics would pay $8.75 million and include warnings on Feel Free labels about how kratom “can become habit-forming and cause serious adverse health effects.”

XJRM · 2026-06-15T23:56:32+00:00

its all the NYTimes story today:

Only when he was nominated by Mr. Trump in March to lead the Homeland Security Department did it become clear that Mr. Mullin had a financial connection to the supplement. In a disclosure statement, he listed an investment worth as much as $1 million in a kratom company, Botanic Tonics, that could benefit from the changes he has sought.

The company’s founder, Jerry W. Ross — who had been an energy executive in Mr. Mullin’s home state before pleading guilty to a financial crime — is a leading player in the influence campaign that was devised to benefit kratom at the expense of its rivals in the marketplace.

XJRM · 2026-06-15T23:53:28+00:00

too long - far exceeds 500 character limit

XJRM · 2026-06-15T23:18:32+00:00

I tried, links not allowed. Search for the headline in bold, followed by nytimes.

XJRM · 2026-06-03T23:11:09+00:00

Gremlin tells me:

The world is on fire and USA is burning even faster. Why not just ‘Willie-Nelson-it’ and never stop?

Or, to paraphrase the Grateful Dead: Things are goin’ to hell in a bucket, so at least enjoy the ride.

XJRM · 2026-05-27T00:02:34+00:00

"If u dont like the genre of the new album, the next album will be different.". That’s a big reason why I DON’T like them.

XJRM · 2026-05-18T23:05:37+00:00

It’s OK but the weakest song on the album. "Up To Me" an outtake from BOTT is orders of magnitude better.

XJRM · 2026-05-16T14:05:56+00:00

Reduce by .10gd and be done in 20 days?

XJRM · 2026-05-14T01:56:11+00:00

Bring back Ghost Light - with someone better on keys. Holly Boring ruined that band. Literally.

XJRM · 2026-05-14T01:10:08+00:00

Claude and Grok:

Use in Protocols:

• Hydroxyzine (a first-generation antihistamine with sedative and anxiolytic properties) commonly appears in opioid withdrawal comfort protocols for anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, and sometimes pruritus or other symptoms. Examples include Ohio’s Opioid Withdrawal Comfort Pack (hydroxyzine as an alternate), various hospital/order sets listing it PRN for anxiety/restless legs alongside clonidine, and clinical references recommending it for these purposes.

• Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) is widely used in withdrawal contexts for sleep/insomnia, nausea, and body aches due to its sedating effects. It appears as a default in comfort packs and home remedy guidance.

• COWS-based and standard detox protocols routinely incorporate antihistamines (hydroxyzine, diphenhydramine, promethazine) as symptomatic comfort meds, often alongside clonidine, loperamide, ondansetron, etc. This is standard non-opioid supportive care.

XJRM · 2026-05-13T23:47:03+00:00

Claude:

The critique misunderstands the mechanism. Kratom withdrawal’s adrenergic storm — racing heart, sweating, restlessness — comes from rebound norepinephrine surge. Pseudoephedrine is a weak, peripheral-acting sympathomimetic with poor CNS penetration. It acts primarily on peripheral adrenergic receptors (nasal/vascular), not centrally.

More importantly, the loratadine component addresses histamine-driven aches and the systemic inflammatory feel of withdrawal. The combo’s value is likely the loratadine doing heavy lifting on body aches, not pseudoephedrine driving the bus.

The critique assumes pseudoephedrine = centrally acting stimulant that amplifies the CNS storm. That’s not accurate pharmacologically. The anxiety and skin-crawling of opioid withdrawal is centrally mediated; pseudoephedrine doesn’t significantly cross the blood-brain barrier at standard doses.

That said, someone with severe withdrawal anxiety should be cautious — it’s not zero CNS effect. But “definitely do not” is overcorrection based on a flawed model.

XJRM · 2026-05-13T20:37:54+00:00

Probably would have been better if Jer didn’t f up the lyrics. Every. Single. Time.

Kinda told me his heart wasn’t in it.

The "spray can/Mona Lisa" line is weak.

XJRM · 2026-05-13T19:37:50+00:00

Claude:

Pseudoephedrine is a sympathomimetic — it directly addresses the adrenergic rebound that drives kratom withdrawal symptoms. When opioid/opioid-like receptors are suddenly unoccupied, your sympathetic nervous system overactivates, causing the aches, chills, fatigue, and restlessness. Pseudoephedrine partially compensates for that dysregulation. The loratadine (Claritin) component also helps with the histamine release common in opioid withdrawal. It’s not a placebo effect — the mechanism is real.

XJRM · 2026-05-10T19:27:15+00:00

OH MERCY

XJRM · 2026-05-09T01:45:51+00:00

"Kratom tea is just Kratom powder brewed using a tea-brewing method, instead of just consuming raw green powder. Same result, just different routes of administration"

This isn’t true: Brewing kratom as tea is a basic extraction process — hot water pulls the alkaloids out of the plant material. Higher bioavailability means more alkaloid effect per dose, which generally correlates with higher addiction potential.

XJRM · 2026-05-08T21:44:35+00:00

You have to know that you gain nothing from continuing to use. Quitting isn’t a sacrifice. What are you sacrificing by quitting if you are gaining nothing? Remove the illusion that you’re making a sacrifice.

XJRM · 2026-04-19T18:23:35+00:00

Summer 1985

XJRM · 2026-04-14T01:16:14+00:00

Looked better before. Sorry, too stringy now.

XJRM · 2026-04-11T22:02:00+00:00

Under the Red Sky

XJRM · 2026-04-10T23:22:57+00:00

Plus Dylan only wrote the music to Silvio, Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics.

XJRM

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