Not a good mix with kratom

I have been recovering from a back injury that has had me in severe pain for months. They cut me off from pain meds (except tylenol), and I had been relying on Kratom.

I bumped up my typical 8 grams dose to 12 grams, and I was taking it 3 or 4 times a day. About once a day, I was taking chewable pink "stomach remedy" tablets as a potentiator.

Every day, I take 2 or 3 stool softeners with daily meds for high blood pressure and cholesterol. I take Miralax on top of that one or two days a week.

Well, even with the stool softeners, I was severely constipated. This got to its worst point today when I struggled for several hours without success.

By this point my back pain was killing me and there was nothing I could take. Tylenol does not touch back pain, not ever.

Finally I was able to pass the blockage and ended up stretched and very sore.

This is unlike anything in my 7 years using kratom. I am going to cut my dose to 4 g at a time without the pink potentiator if and when I restart next week.