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Tanna RS, Nguyen JT, Hadi DL, Layton ME, White JR, Cech NB, Oberlies NH, Rettie AE, Thummel KE, Paine MF. Clinical assessment of the drug interaction potential of the psychotropic natural product kratom. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2023; 113:1315-1325. [PMID: 36924284 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
Abstract
Oral formulations prepared from the leaves of the kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) plant are increasingly used for their opioid-like effects to self-manage opioid withdrawal and pain. Calls to US poison centers involving kratom exposures increased >50-fold from 2011-2017, one-third of which reported concomitant use of kratom with drugs of abuse. Many of these drugs are eliminated primarily via cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A and CYP2D6, raising concerns for potential adverse pharmacokinetic kratom-drug interactions. The impact of a single low dose of kratom tea (2 g) on the pharmacokinetics of the CYP3A probe midazolam (2.5 mg) and CYP2D6 probe dextromethorphan (30 mg) were assessed in 12 healthy adult participants after oral administration. Kratom showed no effect on dextromethorphan area under the plasma concentration time-curve (AUC) and maximum concentration (Cmax ) [geometric mean ratio (90% confidence interval) 0.99 (0.83-1.19) and 0.96 (0.78-1.19), respectively] but a modest increase in midazolam AUC and Cmax [1.39 (1.23-1.57) and 1.50 (1.32-1.70), respectively]. Lack of change in midazolam half-life [1.07 (0.98-1.17)] suggested that kratom primarily inhibited intestinal CYP3A. This inference was further supported by a physiologically based pharmacokinetic drug interaction model using the abundant alkaloid mitragynine, a relatively potent CYP3A time-dependent inhibitor in vitro (KI , ~4 μM; kinact , ~0.07 min-1 ). This work is the first to clinically evaluate the pharmacokinetic drug interaction potential of kratom. Co-consuming kratom with certain drugs extensively metabolized by CYP3A may precipitate serious interactions. These data fill critical knowledge gaps about the safe use of this increasingly popular natural product, thereby addressing ongoing public health concerns.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rakshit S Tanna
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North, Carolina, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North, Carolina, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA
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Nguyen JT, Tian DD, Tanna RS, Hadi DL, Bansal S, Calamia JC, Arian CM, Shireman LM, Molnár B, Horváth M, Kellogg JJ, Layton ME, White JR, Cech NB, Boyce RD, Unadkat JD, Thummel KE, Paine MF. Assessing Transporter-Mediated Natural Product-Drug Interactions Via In vitro-In Vivo Extrapolation: Clinical Evaluation With a Probe Cocktail. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2020; 109:1342-1352. [PMID: 33174626 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The botanical natural product goldenseal can precipitate clinical drug interactions by inhibiting cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A and CYP2D6. Besides P-glycoprotein, effects of goldenseal on other clinically relevant transporters remain unknown. Established transporter-expressing cell systems were used to determine the inhibitory effects of a goldenseal extract, standardized to the major alkaloid berberine, on transporter activity. Using recommended basic models, the extract was predicted to inhibit the efflux transporter BCRP and uptake transporters OATP1B1/3. Using a cocktail approach, effects of the goldenseal product on BCRP, OATP1B1/3, OATs, OCTs, MATEs, and CYP3A were next evaluated in 16 healthy volunteers. As expected, goldenseal increased the area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC0-inf ) of midazolam (CYP3A; positive control), with a geometric mean ratio (GMR) (90% confidence interval (CI)) of 1.43 (1.35-1.53). However, goldenseal had no effects on the pharmacokinetics of rosuvastatin (BCRP and OATP1B1/3) and furosemide (OAT1/3); decreased metformin (OCT1/2, MATE1/2-K) AUC0-inf (GMR, 0.77 (0.71-0.83)); and had no effect on metformin half-life and renal clearance. Results indicated that goldenseal altered intestinal permeability, transport, and/or other processes involved in metformin absorption, which may have unfavorable effects on glucose control. Inconsistencies between model predictions and pharmacokinetic outcomes prompt further refinement of current basic models to include differential transporter expression in relevant organs and intestinal degradation/metabolism of the precipitant(s). Such refinement should improve in vitro-in vivo prediction accuracy, contributing to a standard approach for studying transporter-mediated natural product-drug interactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- James T Nguyen
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- SOLVO Biotechnology, SZTE Biológiai Epület, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- SOLVO Biotechnology, SZTE Biológiai Epület, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA.,Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction Research, Spokane, Washington, USA
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