Kava kava question?!
Question: I recently bought a pack of Kava Kava liquid extract pills. It says on the back to take one with each meal three times a day.
The liver concerns associated with Kava kind of worry me- if I only take one of these (and only once), can there be severe liver damage?
Answers: I recently bought a pack of Kava Kava liquid extract pills. It says on the back to take one with each meal three times a day.
The liver concerns associated with Kava kind of worry me- if I only take one of these (and only once), can there be severe liver damage?
Don't worry about it. Thousands of people take Kava on a regular basis and have no problems.
If you take the time to research the 'studies' on liver damage associated with Kava, you will find that those people already had some for of liver damage before taking Kava, due to alcohol consumption, hepatitis, or cirrhosis.
Sadly, the FDA and Health Canada receive financial kickbacks from drug companies, and are pretty much in their pockets. Drug companies get threatened when people spend their money on other products, such as herbs, and create their own studies to show how 'harmful' their competition is. This happens all the time.
Numerous medical scientific studies have proven Kava to be more effective and safer than its pharmaceutical equivalent for conditions such as depression, anxiety, and panic attacks.
I have used Kava myself, and suggested it to hundreds of patients, with good effects, and we are all much better for it, with no liver damage whatsoever!
Tylenol is much more harmful to your liver than Kava will ever be.
I read about one person dying of liver problems after taking kava kava. (May have had weak liver to start). That was a few years ago, and I think why it is difficult to get now. So if in doubt, do not take with alcohol.
But aspirin kills thousands of people and nobody bans it or tells you not to take it.
Personally I continue to take kava kava when I want. it is a nice relaxing effect. In Fiji (I think it is there) they drink it out of coconut shells until their mouths go numb. They seem to be ok with it.
Kava Kava is weird. It doesn't really claim to "cause" liver damage. It claims on very rare occations to "cause" severe liver failure. A tricky supplement.
I agree with the person above. Over the counter drugs have side affects and no one thinks twice about taking those.