April 25 Lecture To Explore Kratom’s Therapeutic Potential in Opioid Addiction
April 4, 2022
NCCIH Research Blog Team
Can a controversial tree help end the opioid crisis? Insights on that question will be offered in a virtual lecture on April 25 launching the spring 2022 season of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health’s Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series.
Dr. Christopher R. McCurdy, the Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair in Drug Research and Development and a professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Florida (UF) College of Pharmacy, will explore kratom—both as a traditional medicinal treatment in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, a subject of published studies over the past few years around its potential to help treat opioid addiction and withdrawal.