Dr. Lance McMahon is Chair of the Department of Pharmacodynamics at University of Florida College of Pharmacy, a college that has been at the forefront of kratom research. Dr. McMahon studies the mechanism of action of the multiple kratom alkaloids and how they function alone and in concert on our various brain receptors. His lab also studies the effects and mechanisms of action of cannabis, nicotine, and other substances.
We talk about the definition of pharmacodynamics, the “entourage effect” of alkaloids in the kratom plant vs. isolated alkaloids, the implications that 7-hydroxymitragyinine may not occur naturally in the plant, the metabolism of mitragynine and opioid effects, NIDA funding of kratom research, the FDA’s position on respiratory depression, what the World Health Organization’s upcoming decision on recommending kratom scheduling means for research, and how close researchers are to conducting clinical trials on kratom.
Lance McMahon’s bio at UF https://pharmacy.ufl.edu/profile/mcmahon-lance/
Studies referenced in this podcast:
- Kamble, S. H., Berthold, E. C., King, T. I., Raju Kanumuri, S. R., Popa, R., Herting, J. R., León, F., Sharma, A., McMahon, L. R., Avery, B. A., & McCurdy, C. R. (2021). Pharmacokinetics of Eleven Kratom Alkaloids Following an Oral Dose of Either Traditional or Commercial Kratom Products in Rats. Journal of natural products, 84(4), 1104–1112. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01163
- Obeng, S., Kamble, S. H., Reeves, M. E., Restrepo, L. F., Patel, A., Behnke, M., Chear, N. J., Ramanathan, S., Sharma, A., León, F., Hiranita, T., Avery, B. A., McMahon, L. R., & McCurdy, C. R. (2020). Investigation of the Adrenergic and Opioid Binding Affinities, Metabolic Stability, Plasma Protein Binding Properties, and Functional Effects of Selected Indole-Based Kratom Alkaloids. Journal of medicinal chemistry, 63(1), 433–439. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01465
- Kamble, S. H., León, F., King, T. I., Berthold, E. C., Lopera-Londoño, C., Siva Rama Raju, K., Hampson, A. J., Sharma, A., Avery, B. A., McMahon, L. R., & McCurdy, C. R. (2020). Metabolism of a Kratom Alkaloid Metabolite in Human Plasma Increases Its Opioid Potency and Efficacy. ACS pharmacology & translational science, 3(6), 1063–1068. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsptsci.0c00075
- Kamble, S. H., Sharma, A., King, T. I., Berthold, E. C., León, F., Meyer, P., Kanumuri, S., McMahon, L. R., McCurdy, C. R., & Avery, B. A. (2020). Exploration of cytochrome P450 inhibition mediated drug-drug interaction potential of kratom alkaloids. Toxicology letters, 319, 148–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.11.005
- McMahon L. R. (2016). Enhanced discriminative stimulus effects of Δ(9)-THC in the presence of cannabidiol and 8-OH-DPAT in rhesus monkeys. Drug and alcohol dependence, 165, 87–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.05.016
- Maxwell, E. A., King, T. I., Kamble, S. H., Raju, K., Berthold, E. C., León, F., Hampson, A., McMahon, L. R., McCurdy, C. R., & Sharma, A. (2021). Oral Pharmacokinetics in Beagle Dogs of the Mitragynine Metabolite, 7-Hydroxymitragynine. European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, 46(3), 459–463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-021-00684-2
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The Kratom Science Podcast is written and produced by Brian Gallagher for KratomScience.com
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