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Season 3 • Episode 25

S3 Ep25: #533: What’s the Tea on Kratom?

Episode Description

Familiarize yourself with the differences in mitragynine-derived compounds. Understand how to identify and manage kratom use disorder and withdrawal from mitragynine-derived compounds. We’re joined by Dr. Jonathan Tanawan (Profile).   

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Credits

  • Written and Produced, with  Show Notes, Infographic, and Cover Art by Zina Huxley-Reicher, MD 
  • Hosts: Carolyn Chan, MD. MHS and Zina Huxley-Reicher, MD
  • Reviewer: Kento Sonoda, MD, MPH
  • Showrunner: Carolyn Chan, MD, MHS
  • Technical Production: PodPaste
  • Guest: Jonathan Tanawan, MD

Show Segments

  • Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
  • Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week*
  • Case from Kashlak; Definitions
  • Pharmacology of  kratom and other mitragynine-based compounds
  • How to take a mitragynine-specific substance use history
  • Defining a use disorder
  • Withdrawal from kratom 
  • Managing a use disorder with MOUD
  • Legal landscape and regulation 
  • Outro


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