
Christopher McCurdy
Distinguished Professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and internationally recognized kratom researcher.
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Jun 18, 2025
Plants of the Gods: S7E2. The Ethnobotany of Kratom with Dr. Chris McCurdy
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Mark PlotkinHOST
So tell us a bit more about your work on the pharmacokinetics, for a general audience, about why this seems to be so promising as a method for enhancing opium withdrawal and reducing the symptoms of withdrawal.

Christopher McCurdyGUEST
As you mentioned, it's a pretty fascinating plant, and it seems to almost be a panacea in some ways because it not only did all those things I was mentioning, but it seems to also regulate blood glucose levels.

Christopher McCurdyGUEST
There's many other things that we could brush on, but really want to focus primarily what our work has been on opioid use disorder treatments.

Christopher McCurdyGUEST
And pharmacokinetics, just to make it a simple layman's terminology, is really what our body does to a substance or a drug or something we ingest.

Christopher McCurdyGUEST
So how does our body handle that substance once it's once it's been ingested.
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Mark PlotkinHOST
Now, again, we don't prescribe anything on the show, but I wonder if you could elaborate a bit on these examples that you've seen.