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#533: What’s the Tea on Kratom?
20 July 2026

#533: What’s the Tea on Kratom?

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

About

Caring for patients using mitragynine-derived substances

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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