Kratom Story of New Jersey Pharmacist, Dr. Gerald Wall
Dr. Gerald Wall has been a pharmacist for 45 years and recently retired.
The New Jersey pharmacist discovered kratom while searching for a holistic and
alternative cure for chronic fatigue and a near lifetime of severe pain in his legs. As
a pharmacist, he had access to all kinds of pain pharmaceuticals, and like many,
didn’t care for their side effects. With kratom, there are no negative side effects or
responses.
A student of alternative medicines for 30 years, Dr. Wall found out about kratom
on the Internet. After ordering initial supplies, as a pharmacist, he tinkered with
quality and dosage to gain the proper effect. He found that using kratom, he could
exercise vigorously, move with no pain, and enjoyed increased energy and stamina.
As for kratom’s benefit to patients and pharmacy customers, he saw firsthand how
some on pain control drugs were treated like lepers. Doctors and pharmacists must
now screen for addicts.* They are all having second thoughts. Pharmacists are
afraid to fill certain prescriptions. Doctors are afraid of losing their licenses. They
are not writing class two drug prescriptions. According to Dr. Wall, “they’re just
not doing it.” Hospitals are running scared too. Pharmacists say, “Why do I need to
get involved? As a result, patients are “shopping” both doctors and pharmacies.
Dr. Wall suggests kratom as an alternative to his patients and customers. . He talks
over dosage and points them in the right direction for information on kratom to
enable them to best help themselves.
Dr. Wall said an unintended consequence of strict DEA and FDA standards is that
they have forced patients to turn to street drugs. And doctors and pharmacists are
scared to prescribe. In light of all of this, kratom has helped so many.
Dr. Wall was direct on this point: He fears kratom is in danger of being banned in
New Jersey, in part because it is sold in head shops. He called it, “throwing the
baby out with the bathwater.” He also mentioned that there is a state representative
going overboard to ban it.
* Dr. Wall feels that anesthesiologists are the only doctors qualified to prescribe
and regulate dosage of pain control drugs.
