Posted by bleauberry on November 10, 2007, at 18:35:38
In reply to Re: Can anybody help here?Re:AAP's? » bleauberry, posted by nellie7 on November 10, 2007, at 11:25:05
> Hi bleauberry,
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> If not mistaken, I recall having heard warnings about kava-kava several years ago. Something about liver or kidney damage...
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> Nellie.I remember that. Those theories have since been disproven. The toxicities had something to do with contaminated batches and other confounding factors with the people involved. The number of cases involved were few, but as usual the media, pharmaceutical, and medical communities went into overdrive to shoot down a natural competitor to their high priced powerful drugs, which are more proven than kava kava to not be friendly to the liver.
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> > In the world of natural medicine, kava kava is similar. It blocks dopamine receptors, it is a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, and it somehow interacts with the gaba system similar to benzos, all with the effect of being calming yet not very sedating. Though most recommend it not be used for longterm, that can be said of antidepressants and especially antipsychotics as well.
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