News Article "I Tried “Nature’s Xanax” for a Hangover-Free Buzz""

[Michael Nielsen]

Article in Philadelphia magazine

I Tried "Nature's Xanax" for a Hangover-Free Buzz

How sipping kava, an alternative to booze, can help you unwind — without the next-day headache.

www.phillymag.com

 

[The Kap'n]

I get the whole analogy to Xanax due to the sedative nature of both, but boy does that phrase cause issues down the line. I can't tell you how many people it makes believe kava works in exactly the same way as benzodiazepines. Thank goodness for us, kavalactones do NOT work like xanax, or we'd be in big trouble when we tried to stop.

Kavalactones have no affinity for the benzodiazepine receptor site on the GABA-A complex (AKA: It CAN'T act as a benzo)

Other than that, good article. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Groggy]

I get the whole analogy to Xanax due to the sedative nature of both, but boy does that phrase cause issues down the line. I can't tell you how many people it makes believe kava works in exactly the same way as benzodiazepines. Thank goodness for us, kavalactones do NOT work like xanax, or we'd be in big trouble when we tried to stop.

Kavalactones have no affinity for the benzodiazepine receptor site on the GABA-A complex (AKA: It CAN'T act as a benzo)

Other than that, good article. Thanks for sharing!

I have probably been guilty in the past of making the analogy because for me it'felt similar, and over a period of time you get the shield effect.

I know it's not the same, probably best I stray away from that analogy..

 

[The Kap'n]

I have probably been guilty in the past of making the analogy because for me it'felt similar, and over a period of time you get the shield effect.

I know it's not the same, probably best I stray away from that analogy..

If I said I had never uttered the phrase I'd be lying. I'll admit, it's catchy and does highlight the anxiety reduction properties of kava, just seems to confuse a few later on.

In the grand scheme of things it's not such a huge deal, especially when it makes people ask questions that go on to further their understanding of kava

 

[yiki]

Whole article only exists to advertise that kava drink ...

 

[Krunkie McKrunkface]

I have probably been guilty in the past of making the analogy because for me it'felt similar, and over a period of time you get the shield effect.

I know it's not the same, probably best I stray away from that analogy..

My experience of kava is that it acts a lot like naproxen. It would be a terrible analogy for me to describe it to other people like that, but it is in fact how it works for me as an anti-inflammatory, but without ripping my stomach up in the way other anti-inflammatories would. Similarly, I spent a few years there using it as my main painkiller, but I would not describe it to others as a painkiller, even though that’s one of the things that it is to me.