Poorly controlled postoperative pain: prevalence, consequences, and prevention

TJ Gan - Journal of pain research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This review provides an overview of the clinical issue of poorly controlled postoperative pain
and therapeutic approaches that may help to address this common unresolved health-care …

Critical assessment of G protein-biased agonism at the μ-opioid receptor

A Gillis, A Kliewer, E Kelly, G Henderson… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
G protein-biased agonists of the μ-opioid receptor (MOPr) have been proposed as an
improved class of opioid analgesics. Recent studies have been unable to reproduce the …

Insights into distinct signaling profiles of the µOR activated by diverse agonists

Q Qu, W Huang, D Aydin, JM Paggi, AB Seven… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Drugs targeting the μ-opioid receptor (μOR) are the most effective analgesics available but
are also associated with fatal respiratory depression through a pathway that remains …

Structure-based design of bitopic ligands for the µ-opioid receptor

A Faouzi, H Wang, SA Zaidi, JF DiBerto, T Che, Q Qu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mu-opioid receptor (µOR) agonists such as fentanyl have long been used for pain
management, but are considered a major public health concern owing to their adverse side …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding kratom use: a guide for healthcare providers

MT Swogger, KE Smith, A Garcia-Romeu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa Korth., Rubiaceae) is a plant native to Southeast Asia, where it
has been used for centuries as a mild stimulant and as medicine for various ailments. More …

Kratom—pharmacology, clinical implications, and outlook: a comprehensive review

SC Eastlack, EM Cornett, AD Kaye - Pain and therapy, 2020 - Springer
Kratom, or Mitragyna, is a tropical plant indigenous to Southeast Asia, with unique
pharmacological properties. It is commonly consumed by preparing the leaves into …

Spirocyclic motifs in natural products

E Chupakhin, O Babich, A Prosekov, L Asyakina… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Spirocyclic motifs are emerging privileged structures for drug discovery. They are also
omnipresent in the natural products domain. However, until today, no attempt to analyze the …

The medicinal chemistry and neuropharmacology of kratom: A preliminary discussion of a promising medicinal plant and analysis of its potential for abuse

AC Kruegel, O Grundmann - Neuropharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
The leaves of Mitragyna speciosa (commonly known as kratom), a tree endogenous to parts
of Southeast Asia, have been used traditionally for their stimulant, mood-elevating, and …

Current perspectives on the impact of Kratom use

C Veltri, O Grundmann - Substance abuse and rehabilitation, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The leaves from the tree Mitragyna speciosa, commonly known as Kratom, in the coffee
plant family (Rubiaceae) are commonly used in their native habitat of Southeast Asia as a …

Chemical composition and biological effects of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa): In vitro studies with implications for efficacy and drug interactions

DA Todd, JJ Kellogg, ED Wallace, M Khin… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The safety and efficacy of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) for treatment of pain is highly
controversial. Kratom produces more than 40 structurally related alkaloids, but most studies …