kratom safety research

NIH Approves Clinical Trials as Mitragynine Gets “Investigational New Drug” Status

On June 1, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that mitragynine, the most abundant alkaloid in kratom, has been cleared as an Investigational New Drug (IND). With IND status, scientists at University of Florida are now authorized to study the effects of pure mitragynine in human subjects. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director …

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Fifth Scientific Kratom Symposium Held in Florida

The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Nora Volkow, was the keynote speaker for this year’s Scientific Kratom Symposium. Hosted by the University of Florida College of Pharmacy at its Lake Nona research campus, the four-day event held from February 17-20, 2026, brought together roughly 100 scientists from about a dozen countries …

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