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Kratom Elixir Recall Makes Wellness Bottles a Drug Risk

Better Weather Fix Elixir is a small bottle with a large verb attached: stop.

Better Weather Actives recalled all lots of Better Weather Fix Elixir 15 ml because the products may contain undeclared mitragynine and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, or MP [1]. FDA's page identifies the product as a dietary supplement and the reason for the announcement as undeclared kratom compounds [1].

The recall language is not coy. The company announcement says MP is a more potent derivative of mitragynine, or kratom, and says consumption can produce nausea, vomiting, rapid heart rate, palpitations, hallucinations, sedation, anxiety, loss of consciousness, addiction with severe opioid withdrawal symptoms, and respiratory suppression [1]. It also says no adverse events had been reported to the company as of the notice [1].

The product was sold nationally at the consumer level in 15 ml bottles and display boxes labeled "Better Weather Fix Elixir" and "Better Weather Fix Elixir Berry" [1]. Consumers with the product are told to stop using it and return it to the place of purchase [1]. FDA's recall index gives the current context, but the product page gives the household instruction [2]. This is not a philosophy seminar about wellness. It is a bottle check.

-- NORA WHITFIELD, Chicago

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[1] https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/better-weather-actives-llc-recalls-better-weather-fix-elixir-due-undeclared-mitragynine-and
[2] https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts

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