UF Medicinal Chemist Christopher McCurdy answers questions about kratom on Reddit
Medicinal chemist Dr. Chris McCurdy answered questions about kratom from curious Redditors during an r/AskScience AMA.
Medicinal chemist Dr. Chris McCurdy answered questions about kratom from curious Redditors during an r/AskScience AMA.
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Christopher R McCurdy, Ph.D., F.A.A.P.S. Professor And The Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair; Director Of The UF Translational Drug Development Core
Christopher R. McCurdy is a broadly trained medicinal chemist, behavioral pharmacologist and pharmacist whose research focuses on the design, synthesis and development of drugs to treat pain and drug abuse. For over 20 years, much of his research has focused on opioid, Neuropeptide FF and sigma receptor ligand/probe design, synthesis, pharmacological evaluation and development. He has been successful in discovering unique and selective tools for sigma receptors, NPFF receptors and opioid receptors. He is an internationally recognized expert on Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), that is under investigation for opioid withdrawal syndrome.
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Just one week before presenting at the World Health Organizations 44th Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, Dr. Chris McCurdy answered questions about kratom from curious Redditors.
McCurdy, a professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, has studied the herbal medicine for about 20 years. Check out some of his answers to questions about kratom in a recap of his AMA session on Reddit.
As for “lab test” there are certain requirements that the FDA has in place for herbal or botanical products. These involve lab tests for heavy metals, bacteria, mold, residual solvents, etc. These are known as GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) that are common in the dietary supplement world. This is certainly a step in the proper direction to insure the public with some “trust” as to a reputable and “safe” product, at least as from having anything that is known to cause harm present.
Have I used kratom? I tried a sample of a freshly prepared tea in SE Asia but no products available in the USA. The fresh sample (although I probably didn’t ingest enough to cause any effect) was benign to me, but very bitter.
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