Assessing the therapeutic potential and toxicity of Mitragyna speciosa in opioid use disorder

Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2021 Mar;17(3):255-257. doi: 10.1080/17425255.2021.1853706. Epub 2020 Dec 11.

Authors

Abhisheak Sharma^{1

2}, Christopher R McCurdy^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
² Translational Drug Development Core, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
³ Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

PMID: 33213215
DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2021.1853706

No abstract available

Keywords: Kratom; Mitragyna speciosa; Rubiaceae; drug abuse; opioid addiction; pain.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Mitragyna / chemistry*
Opioid-Related Disorders / drug therapy*
Pain / drug therapy
Plant Extracts / adverse effects
Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / drug therapy

Substances

Plant Extracts