Dietary supplements are everywhere at the moment.
There’s certainly new evidence coming out every day.
However, it has many drug interactions.
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But it’s not just that serotonin syndrome is just unpleasant to experience.
“It can cause dizziness, it can cause gastrointestinal problems.
There’s some thought that there’s some blood thinning properties to it.
So you absolutely do not want to mix it with blood thinners.
And [it] also hassome interaction with other psychiatric drugs as well.”
Known asGinkgo sensitivity syndrome, symptoms can include a low-grade headache, an upset stomach, and heart palpitations.
“Many people will use kava as a mood stabilizer.
There’s clinical research to suggest it may be a moderately helpfulshort-term option for people with generalized anxiety disorder.
But much more research is needed, and both doctors warn against using the supplement.
It’salso not recommended for usewith the phenothiazine class of antipsychotics, which are used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
“The general advocacy about kava is that it should be taken with great caution,” says Giordano.
