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Every page on quitting7oh.org, organized by category. Currently88 pages across 10 sections.
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Start Here
(8 pages)Welcome, withdrawal planning, quitting paths, and craving moments.
Start here — what quitting7oh.org is, who it's for, and the page most likely to help where you are right now.
The 60-second elevator version: what kratom is, what 7-OH is, how it got into people's lives, and why this site exists.
A short map of the site, organized by where you are right now, find the one page that's most useful for what you're going through.
If you're in active withdrawal right now: what to do this hour, what's coming, where to get help.
A compact 7-OH withdrawal setup: vitamin C, basic supplements, helper medications, quitting routes, and buprenorphine access.
The full 7-OH withdrawal timeline, symptom relief, ER guidance, sleep, food, and what comes next.
Five ways people come off 7-OH and related synthetics, in the order this community would try them.
You're considering using again right now. Here's the one thing to do first, the people to call, and what to know about post-abstinence tolerance.
For You
(8 pages)Treatment, work protections, mutual aid, sober living, for the person in recovery.
Practical resources for the person in recovery, treatment, work protections, mutual aid, and sober living. Meets you wherever you are.
Coming off 7-OH and kratom synthetics at home, the community-validated paths, the tools to have on hand, and when at-home isn't the right fit.
What a 7-OH taper actually looks like — the early dose-halving stretch, the low-dose plateau where most tapers stall, the jump-off, and what helps at each stage.
Detox, residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient, what each level of care looks like, how to find a program, how to pay, and what to be skeptical of.
Federal job-protected leave for your own treatment, ADA protections in recovery, what HR actually sees, and how to use EAPs without your manager finding out.
A handful of regulated professions (CDL, pilots, ATC, law enforcement, armed security, some healthcare) treat MAT use as a licensure issue. What to check before you start.
Free peer support groups for the person in recovery: Kratom Anonymous (most directly applicable), NA, Heroin Anonymous, SMART, Refuge Recovery, The Phoenix, and others.
Sober living, defined: NARR quality levels, how to find a legitimate one, what it costs, red flags for predatory homes, and how Oxford House differs.
For Loved Ones
(11 pages)For family, partners, and friends of someone struggling: what to expect, how to help, how to stay safe.
If you love someone using 7-OH, MGM-15, or kratom-derived synthetics, this is where to start — a calm reference for the family side of recovery.
Dependence on 7-OH and kratom-derived synthetics as it looks from outside, what withdrawal does to the brain and body, and the long PAWS tail families don't get warned about.
When to bring it up, how to say it, and a primer on CRAFT — the evidence-based framework that outperforms Al-Anon and confrontational interventions for getting a loved one into treatment.
How to set limits that protect your life without trying to control your loved one's — what a boundary actually is, and how to follow through without becoming cruel.
If you or your children are in danger: recognizing escalation, safety planning, mandatory reporters, the crisis hotlines, and how to use naloxone (Narcan).
When the person you love needs to leave the home and won't go: the legal landscape, protective orders, and where to find free legal help.
What at-home recovery from 7-OH and kratom-derived synthetics looks like from outside, the tools your loved one is using, and when to push for higher-intensity care.
Detox, residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient, from the family's perspective — insurance, parity law, free paths, and how to spot predatory treatment marketing.
Federal job-protected leave to care for a family member in addiction treatment. Eligibility, what counts, who's covered, state expansions, and EAPs.
The unglamorous basics that keep you standing — therapy, support groups, sleep, the hypervigilance trap, and why it's okay to be happy while your loved one isn't.
Peer support groups for people with a loved one in addiction: Nar-Anon, SMART Recovery Family & Friends, Learn to Cope, the kratom-specific options, and others.
MAT / Suboxone
(8 pages)COWS, induction, tapers, risks, custom dosing.
Timing your first Suboxone dose by your withdrawal score, not the clock. SOWS is the self-scoring tool for inducting at home; COWS is the clinician version.
Suboxone for coming off 7-OH and kratom synthetics. Induction, low-and-slow dosing, short-taper schedules, and the receptor pharmacology behind the approach.
The Bernese Method — low-dose Suboxone induction with overlapping full-agonist use. Original protocol, modern variants, and where it fits for kratom synthetics.
A 5-to-10-day Suboxone taper used by people coming off short-acting 7-OH.
Liquid titration for doses below 0.5 mg, when pill cuts can't get you low enough to finish a taper.
Sublocade and Brixadi — long-acting buprenorphine injections for maintenance, the long discontinuation tail, and the single-shot exit strategy.
Why bupe sometimes doesn't cover you: serotonergic and adrenergic symptoms, the dose-ceiling question, long-acting compounds.
Long-term Suboxone effects, dependence, hormone changes, and tapering off — including the long-acting injectables some people use to exit.
Meds & Supplements
(10 pages)Helper meds, supplements, quit-kit stacks, NAD+ IV, peptides, tapering with leaf, cannabis in recovery.
Helper medications for 7-OH and kratom-synthetic withdrawal — clonidine, gabapentin, baclofen, trazodone, ondansetron — with symptom-by-symptom dosing.
A community-tested supplement stack for 7-OH and kratom-synthetic withdrawal and PAWS — what to start with, what to skip.
Honest review of two commercial supplement stacks marketed for kratom and opioid withdrawal, what's in them, what they cost, and what to know before buying.
High-dose vitamin C may ease opioid withdrawal.
Using plain kratom leaf as a bridge off concentrated 7-OH and other kratom synthetics, when it works, when it doesn't, and how to taper the leaf afterward.
Concentrated mitragynine extracts as a bridge from 7-OH to abstinence — doses, timelines, the contamination concern, and how it compares to the other paths off.
SR-17018 went into Schedule I on August 27, 2026. What the order covers, what it means if you are mid-taper, and the community protocol this site documented while it was unscheduled.
NAD+ infusions for 7-OH and kratom recovery — what's offered, what it costs, what the published evidence supports, and where it falls short.
Peptides used as adjuncts in 7-OH and kratom-synthetic recovery — BPC-157, Selank, Semax, DSIP, TB-500 — the evidence and the unregulated-supply safety concerns.
Cannabis and THC during acute withdrawal and PAWS from 7-OH and kratom — benefits, harms, the cannabinoid landscape, and how to think about the call.
Post-Acute
(13 pages)PAWS, sleep recovery, dopamine recovery, endocrine recovery, naltrexone.
Post-acute withdrawal syndrome, what it is, when it shows up, what symptoms look like, the neurobiology behind it, and what helps, labeled by evidence level.
The early-recovery stretch of unexpected well-being some people hit after acute withdrawal — what it is, how to use the window, and what comes next.
Flat motivation and anhedonia in the months after 7-OH and kratom synthetics: what helps, the realistic timeline, and the pseudoscience to skip.
The depression and anhedonia that show up in the weeks and months after coming off 7-OH and kratom synthetics — the distinction, what helps, when to escalate.
The specific terror that hits in withdrawal and PAWS — feeling like something catastrophic is about to happen. What it is, what to do right now, when it's more than withdrawal.
Sleep recovery after coming off 7-OH and kratom synthetics — what's normal, what helps, and how long it actually takes.
7-OH and kratom synthetics suppress the hormone systems chronically. What you may experience months in, the testing workup, the recovery picture, and what's specific to men and to women.
What happens if you use again after a stretch off — why withdrawal can come back fast, what the OUD literature shows, what this community reports about 7-OH.
What recovery from 7-OH dependence actually looks like — how hard it is, how relapse fits, and why the long-arc picture borrows from OUD literature.
Naltrexone in three dose tiers — normal-dose for abstinence after detox, low-dose (LDN) for PAWS, and ultra-low-dose (ULDN) as an investigational adjunct.
Full-dose naltrexone — oral 50 mg daily and Vivitrol 380 mg monthly — for sustained abstinence after detox. With the precipitated-withdrawal safety warning.
Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) at a small fraction of the standard dose — off-label for chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, and as a post-acute adjunct. Evidence and caveats.
Ultra-low-dose naltrexone (ULDN) at microgram doses taken alongside opioids — the investigational concept, the thin clinical evidence, why it isn't standard care.
Compounds
(8 pages)7-OH, pseudo, MGM-15, MIT-A, mitragynine, cat’s claw, and the federal scheduling action.
Pseudo, MGM-15, and MGM-16 are Schedule I as of August 26, 2026. The 7-OH threshold order is still pending. Dates, scope, the closed comment period, and what to do if you're still using.
Kratom basics, what mitragynine does in the body, how it relates to 7-OH, and why concentrated 7-OH products are not the same thing as leaf.
Concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine, how it differs from kratom leaf, why dependence builds fast, and what makes it taperable.
MGM-15 (dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine), the long-acting reduced 7-OH. The same compound sold under the labels MIT-A and (mislabeled) DHM. Chemistry, the COA-testing problem, regulatory landscape, taper plan, Suboxone induction notes.
The fluorinated analog of MGM-15, a 2014 medicinal-chemistry compound named in scheduling proceedings but not documented in any US consumer product to date.
Products marketed as MIT-A or DHM contain MGM-15. The full picture lives on the MGM-15 page; this page is a pointer.
Mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MP), receptor affinity, why bupe induction is harder, what to watch for.
Products marketed as 'Cat's Claw' or 'Rhynchophylline' at smoke shops and gas stations are being built around corynoxine B, an opioid-active alkaloid that dodges the 7-OH scheduling. What's really in them.
Pharmacology
(3 pages)Deeper science: receptor binding, structure-activity, minor alkaloids.
Laboratory evidence on selected kratom alkaloids at opioid, serotonin, and adrenergic receptors, with the limits of each assay.
A comparison of structure, receptor affinity, signaling, and evidence limits for morphine and mitragynine-derived compounds.
A visual guide to mitragynine, kratom alkaloids, 7-hydroxymitragynine, and related metabolites and derivatives.
Resources
(9 pages)Telehealth, recovery coaching, meetings, calculators, finding help.
Numbers for the moments that can't wait: suicide, medical emergency, treatment referrals, domestic violence, child abuse, poison control.
Side-by-side comparison of telehealth providers that prescribe Suboxone for kratom and 7-OH dependence — pricing, scope, and what they'll work with.
Live meeting schedules for the two kratom-specific fellowships — Kratom Anonymous (12-step) and Quitting Kratom Support - There Is A Way Out / TIAWO (non-12-step). Day, time, format, join links.
What peer recovery coaching is, what it costs, and how to weigh a paid service like You Are Accountable against the free peer support this community already runs.
Day-by-day taper calculators for 7-OH and kratom synthetics, buprenorphine, and kratom leaf, plus the SR-17 taper kept for readers mid-taper. Pick the one that matches your path.
Day-by-day taper schedule for 7-OH, MGM-15 (sold as MIT-A or DHM), and pseudoindoxyl — enter a dose and speed, get the math, save as PDF, or copy an AI prompt.
Day-by-day buprenorphine taper schedule with the published 5/7/10/14/21-day rapid-taper columns built in, plus custom-duration math for non-standard start doses.
Day-by-day kratom leaf taper schedule in grams, with a configurable jump-off so the taper ends at a tolerable low dose rather than crashing to zero.
Build a simple 7, 10, or 14-day 7-OH to SR-17 cross-taper, or switch to the configurable advanced calculator. Kept for readers already mid-taper after SR-17018 went into Schedule I.
Site & Community
(7 pages)About the site, its community, technical architecture, changelog, and ways to contribute.
What quitting7oh.org is, who it serves, how the team uses AI, and where to go next.
The quitting7oh Discord and r/quitting7oh subreddit, how the community started, and the people currently running it.
Suggest corrections, propose changes, or reach the maintainers — via GitHub PR, Discord, subreddit modmail, or email.
On responsible kratom and 7-OH use, the site's recovery focus, and why the site doesn't take a position on bans.
Recent changes to quitting7oh.org: new pages, rewrites, design tweaks, and editorial sweeps. Newest entries first.
Source notes for the community knowledge behind quitting7oh.org.
The software, build pipeline, deployment targets, and design system behind quitting7oh.org.
Standalone tools
(3 pages)Live, shareable landing pages that don't belong to a category — designed to be linked directly.
Rolling 3-day schedule for 7-OH and kratom support through Kratom Anonymous and TIAWO, with live countdowns and one-click joining.
Third-party viewer over Narcotics Anonymous public virtual meeting list — featured 24/7 room, then live now / starting soon / today / tomorrow panes in your timezone. Filterable by meeting type. Data © NAWS, used with permission. Not affiliated with NA.
Third-party viewer over the public SMART Recovery online meeting list — live now / starting soon / today / tomorrow panes in your local timezone. Join Online routes through SMART's own gateway during the active window. Data © SMART Recovery, used with permission. Not affiliated.