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Is kava extract safe?
Published:2023-06-08 Views:399

Is kava safe?
Kava may have severe side effects and should not be used by everyone. Kava has caused liver failure in previously healthy people. You should not use kava for longer than 3 months without consulting your doctor.As we know.kava extract kavalactones is the used in tablets and capsules.When you use these tablets and capsules,you should be careful,too.The simple thing is listening to your doctors.

Before you use kava, consider that it:
Should not be combined with alcohol or psychotropic medicines. Psychotropic medicines are used to treat psychiatric disorders or illnesses and include antidepressants and mood stabilizers. Alcohol exaggerates kava's sedating effect.So does kava extract.
Can affect how fast you react, making it unsafe to drive or use heavy machinery.
May gradually be less powerful as you use it.
Eventually may cause temporary yellowing of skin, hair, and nails.

Can cause an allergic skin reaction (rare).


Long-term kava use may result in:
Liver problems.
Shortness of breath (reversible).
Scaly rash (reversible).
Facial puffiness or swelling (reversible).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has investigated whether using dietary supplements containing kava is associated with liver illness. Reports from Germany and Switzerland about kava causing serious liver problems have led to the recent removal of these products from shelves in Britain. Other countries have advised consumers to avoid using kava until further information is available.


When the research of kava is improved gradually,kava extract will be used more widely.

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