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Welcome, how to use the site, withdrawal help, craving moments.

• Welcome

  Start here — what quitting7oh.org is, who it's for, and the page most likely to help where you are right now.

• What the Hell Is 7-OH?

  The 60-second elevator version: what kratom is, what 7-OH is, how it got into people's lives, and why this site exists.

• How to Use This Website

  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.

• You're in Withdrawal Right Now

  If you're in active withdrawal right now: what to do this hour, what's coming, where to get help.

• Paths Off 7-OH

  Six ways people come off 7-OH and related synthetics, in the order this community would try them.

• Thinking About Using? (The Fuck Its)

  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.

Treatment, work protections, mutual aid, sober living, for the person in recovery.

• For You: Start Here

  Practical resources for the person in recovery, treatment, work protections, mutual aid, and sober living. Meets you wherever you are.

• At-Home Treatment

  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.

• Tapering Off 7-OH

  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.

• Rehabilitation Centers

  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.

• FMLA, ADA & Your Job

  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.

• MAT & Your Professional License

  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.

• Mutual Aid & Recovery Groups

  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 Homes

  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 family, partners, and friends of someone struggling: what to expect, how to help, how to stay safe.

• For Loved Ones — Start Here

  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.

• What to Expect: Addiction, Withdrawal & the Long Road 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.

• How to Talk to Your Loved One

  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.

• Boundaries Without Punishment

  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.

• Safety: You and Your Kids Come First

  If you or your children are in danger: recognizing escalation, safety planning, mandatory reporters, the crisis hotlines, and how to use naloxone (Narcan).

• Asking Them to Leave the House

  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.

• When They're Recovering at Home

  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.

• Rehabilitation Centers

  Detox, residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient, from the family's perspective — insurance, parity law, free paths, and how to spot predatory treatment marketing.

• FMLA & Workplace Protections (for caregivers)

  Federal job-protected leave to care for a family member in addiction treatment. Eligibility, what counts, who's covered, state expansions, and EAPs.

• Taking Care of Yourself

  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.

• Support Groups for Family & Friends

  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.

COWS, induction, tapers, risks, custom dosing.

• SOWS & COWS Guide

  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

  Suboxone for coming off 7-OH and kratom synthetics. Induction, low-and-slow dosing, short-taper schedules, and the receptor pharmacology behind the approach.

• Bernese Method (Micro-Induction)

  The Bernese Method — low-dose Suboxone induction with overlapping full-agonist use. Original protocol, modern variants, and where it fits for kratom synthetics.

• Suboxone Rapid Taper

  A 5-to-10-day Suboxone taper used by people coming off short-acting 7-OH.

• Custom Suboxone Dosing

  Liquid titration for doses below 0.5 mg, when pill cuts can't get you low enough to finish a taper.

• Sublocade & Brixadi: Long-Acting Buprenorphine Injections

  Sublocade and Brixadi — long-acting buprenorphine injections for maintenance, the long discontinuation tail, and the single-shot exit strategy.

• Why Suboxone Might Not Be Working: Read This First

  Why bupe sometimes doesn't cover you: serotonergic and adrenergic symptoms, the dose-ceiling question, long-acting compounds.

• What You Should Know About Long-Term Suboxone

  Long-term Suboxone effects, dependence, hormone changes, and tapering off — including the long-acting injectables some people use to exit.

Helper meds, supplements, quit-kit stacks, SR-17, NAD+ IV, peptides, tapering with leaf.

• Helper Medications

  Helper medications for 7-OH and kratom-synthetic withdrawal — clonidine, gabapentin, baclofen, trazodone, ondansetron — with symptom-by-symptom dosing.

• Vitamins & Supplements

  A community-tested supplement stack for 7-OH and kratom-synthetic withdrawal and PAWS — what to start with, what to skip.

• Quit Kit & QuitK

  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.

• Mega-Dose Vitamin C

  High-dose vitamin C as a 7-OH and kratom-synthetic withdrawal adjunct: the community protocol, brands, and the cautions to know.

• Quit 7-OH with Kratom Leaf

  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.

• Quit 7-OH with Concentrated Mitragynine

  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-17

  SR-17018 as an informal taper tool. The community protocol, the caveats, the legal and sourcing realities.

• NAD+ IV Therapy

  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 for 7-OH and Kratom-Synthetic Withdrawal

  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 in Recovery

  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.

PAWS, sleep recovery, dopamine recovery, endocrine recovery, naltrexone.

• What is PAWS? A Field Guide to Post-Acute Withdrawal

  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 Pink Cloud

  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.

• Dopamine Recovery

  Flat motivation and anhedonia in the months after 7-OH and kratom synthetics: what helps, the realistic timeline, and the pseudoscience to skip.

• Depression and Anhedonia

  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.

• Impending Doom

  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: The Long Road Back to Real Sleep

  Sleep recovery after coming off 7-OH and kratom synthetics — what's normal, what helps, and how long it actually takes.

• Endocrine Recovery After 7-OH and Kratom

  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.

• Will One Use Bring Withdrawal Back? (Kindling)

  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.

• Long-Term Outlook

  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 (Overview)

  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.

• Normal-Dose Naltrexone (Oral and Vivitrol)

  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)

  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)

  Ultra-low-dose naltrexone (ULDN) at microgram doses taken alongside opioids — the investigational concept, the thin clinical evidence, why it isn't standard care.

7-OH, pseudo, MGM-15, MIT-A, mitragynine, cat’s claw, and the federal scheduling action.

• The Federal 7-OH Ban: Dates, Scope, What It Means

  DEA has filed notice to place 7-OH above a threshold, pseudo, MGM-15, and MGM-16 in Schedule I. The dates, the legal process, the public comment window, and what to do if you're still using.

• Kratom Leaf & Mitragynine

  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.

• 7-OH (7-Hydroxymitragynine)

  Concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine, how it differs from kratom leaf, why dependence builds fast, and what makes it taperable.

• MGM-15

  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.

• MGM-16

  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.

• MIT-A and DHM

  Products marketed as MIT-A or DHM contain MGM-15. The full picture lives on the MGM-15 page; this page is a pointer.

• 7-Pseudoindoxyl / MP (Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl)

  Mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MP), receptor affinity, why bupe induction is harder, what to watch for.

• Cat’s Claw

  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.

Deeper science: receptor binding, structure-activity, minor alkaloids.

• Kratom's Minor Alkaloids

  Kratom leaf contains 40+ alkaloids beyond mitragynine. The six better-studied minor alkaloids and their activity across µ-opioid, serotonergic, and adrenergic systems.

• Morphine vs. Mitragyna Alkaloids

  Structure, modification, and µ-opioid receptor binding, comparing classical opioids to kratom's alkaloids and their synthetic derivatives.

• Chemical Structures (Appendix)

  Structure diagrams for morphine, the kratom leaf alkaloids, and the concentrated and semi-synthetic mitragynine derivatives that drive the 7-OH product market.

Telehealth, recovery coaching, meetings, calculators, finding help.

• Crisis Hotlines

  Numbers for the moments that can't wait: suicide, medical emergency, treatment referrals, domestic violence, child abuse, poison control.

• Telehealth Providers for Suboxone (Comparison)

  Side-by-side comparison of telehealth providers that prescribe Suboxone for kratom and 7-OH dependence — pricing, scope, and what they'll work with.

• Meeting Schedules

  Live meeting schedules for the two kratom-specific fellowships — Kratom Anonymous (12-step) and There Is A Way Out / TIAWO (non-12-step). Day, time, format, join links.

• Recovery Coaching

  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.

• Taper Calculators

  Day-by-day taper calculators for 7-OH and kratom synthetics, buprenorphine, kratom leaf, and the SR-17 cross-taper. Pick the one that matches your path.

• 7-OH Taper Calculator

  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.

• Suboxone Taper Calculator

  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.

• Kratom Leaf Taper Calculator

  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.

• SR-17 Cross-Taper Calculator

  Day-by-day schedule for the SR-17 cross-taper protocol: preload, 7-OH cross-taper, hold, then SR taper down to a jump-off. Configurable per phase.

What this site is, who runs it, how to contribute or send feedback.

• About This Site

  What quitting7oh.org is, who it's for, the AI disclaimer, and where to go from here.

• How AI Was Used

  How AI helped write this site under a strict ruleset: the CLAUDE.md guardrails, the mandatory link verification, and the human review at the end.

• The Community

  The quitting7oh Discord and r/quitting7oh subreddit, how the community started, and the people currently running it.

• Contributing & Feedback

  Suggest corrections, propose changes, or reach the maintainers — via GitHub PR, Discord, subreddit modmail, or email.

• Where the Site Stands

  On responsible kratom and 7-OH use, the site's recovery focus, and why the site doesn't take a position on bans.

• Changelog

  Recent changes to quitting7oh.org: new pages, rewrites, design tweaks, and editorial sweeps. Newest entries first.