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• Kava has been shown to reason severe liver injury including hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver failure. Do not take kava if you have liver problems or take medications that can affect the liver. Stop taking kava and search abnormal medical attention if you have liver symptoms such as nausea, stomach pain, loss of appetite, itching, dark urine, clay-colored stools, or jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).
• You must not take kava if you are pregnant. Kava may reason weaken muscle tone in the uterus.
• Avoid drinking alcohol while taking kava. Alcohol may magnify your risk of liver damage.
• Cool or allergy medication, narcotic pain medication, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medication for seizures, depression or anxiety can add to sleepiness caused by kava. Speak your doctor if you need to use any of these another medicines while you are taking kava.
• Kava has not been authorized by the FDA to treat any malady, and it must not be substituted for prescription medications.
• Kava has not been evaluated by the FDA for safe, effectiveness, or purity. All potential risks and/or advantages of this product may not be known. Additionally, there are no regulated manufacturing standards in seat for these compounds. Some marketed herbal supplements have been found to be contaminated with toxic metals or another drugs. Herbal/health supplements must be purchased from a dependable source to minimize the risk of contamination.
• Kava is also known as Piper methysticum, awa, kava-kava, kew, tonga, ava, ava pepper, intoxicating pepper, kawa, kava pepper, kava root, rauschpfeffer, sakau, tonga, wurzelstock, and yangona.
• Kava has been used to induce and improve sleep, and to decrease anxiety, nervousness, stress, and restlessness.
• Kava has not been authorized by the FDA to treat any malady, and it must not be substituted for prescription medications.
• Kava may also have uses another than those listed in this product guide.
• Till taking kava, conversation to your doctor, pharmacist, herbalist, or another healthcare provider. You may not be able to use this product if you have liver or kidney malady, or determined another medical conditions or allergies.
• Kava has been shown to reason severe liver injury including hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver failure. Do not take kava if you have liver problems or take medications that can affect the liver.
• Do not take kava without first talking to your doctor if you are depressed or if you are being treated for depression.
• Kava may magnify drowsiness when taken with substances that reason drowsiness, including antidepressants, alcohol, sedatives (used to treat insomnia), pain relievers, anxiety medicines, and muscle relaxants. Do not take kava without first talking to your doctor if you take any prescription or over-the-counter medication or herbal/health supplement, that makes you drowsy.
• You must not take kava if you are pregnant. Kava may reason weaken muscle tone in the uterus.
• Do not take kava without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a child. It is not known whether kava will be deleterious to a nursing infant.
• Kava has not been evaluated by the FDA for safe, effectiveness, or purity. All potential risks and/or advantages of this product may not be known. Additionally, there are no regulated manufacturing standards in seat for these compounds. Some marketed herbal supplements have been found to be contaminated with toxic metals or another drugs. Herbal/health supplements must be purchased from a dependable source to minimize the risk of contamination.
• If you choose to take kava, use it exactly as directed on the label, or as predesigned by your doctor, pharmacist, or another healthcare provider.
• When used to treat insomnia, kava is generally taken one hour till bedtime. When used for another purposes, kava may be taken one to different times a day.
• Standardized extracts, tinctures, and solid formulations of herbal/health supplements may provide a more dependable doze of the product.
• Kava is accessible for oral use.
• Another formulations of kava may also be accessible. Do not use various formulations (e.g., tablets, topical formulations, teas, tinctures, and others) of kava at the same time, unless specifically directed to do so by a health care professional. Using various formulations together increases the risk of an overdose of kava.
• Kava must not be used for longer than three months without a doctor's supervision. The long-term use of kava has reportedly lead to "kawanism", which is characterized by dry, flaking, discolored skin; reddened eyes; a scaly skin rash; puffy person; muscle weakness; blood abnormalities; and feelings of poor health.
• Store kava as directed on the package. In common, kava must be protected from easy and moisture and stored in a sealed container.
• Skip the missed doze if it is nearly time for your following scheduled doze. Do not use extra kava to create up the missed dose.
• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
• Symptoms of a kava overdose have been reported to include tiredness, sleepiness, and poor coordination.
• Kava must not be used for longer than three months without a doctor's supervision. The long-term use of kava has reportedly lead to "kawanism", which is characterized by dry, flaking, discolored skin; reddened eyes; a scaly skin rash; puffy person; muscle weakness; blood abnormalities; and feelings of poor health.
• Do not give any herbal/health supplement to a baby without a doctor's advice.
• Avoid drinking alcohol while taking kava. Alcohol may magnify your risk of liver damage.
• Cool or allergy medication, narcotic pain medication, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medication for seizures, depression or anxiety can add to sleepiness caused by kava. Speak your doctor if you need to use any of these another medicines while you are taking kava.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Stop taking kava and search abnormal medical attention if you have liver symptoms such as nausea, stomach pain, loss of appetite, itching, dark urine, clay-colored stools, or jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).
• Another smaller serious side effects have also been reported. Conversation to your doctor, pharmacist, or health care professional if you experience
· morning drowsiness,
· changes in vision, or
· upset stomach.
• Kava must not be used for longer than three months without a doctor's supervision. The long-term use of kava has reportedly lead to "kawanism", which is characterized by dry, flaking, discolored skin; reddened eyes; a scaly skin rash; puffy person; muscle weakness; blood abnormalities; and feelings of poor health.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Till taking kava, speak your doctor if you are also using a sedative such as diazepam (Valium) or similar medicines such as alprazolam (Xanax), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), clorazepate (Tranxene), estazolam (ProSom), flurazepam (Dalmane), lorazepam (Ativan), midazolam (Versed), temazepam (Restoril), triazolam (Halcion), and others.
• There may be another drugs that can interact with kava. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Consult with a licensed healthcare professional till using any herbal/health supplement. Whether you are treated by a medical doctor or a practitioner trained in the use of natural medicines/supplements, create certain all your healthcare providers know about all of your medical conditions and treatments.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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