| Disease | TOXIC DOSAGES (DOSAGES SEVERAL TIMES THERAPEUTIC ONES) CAN CAUSE PROGRESSIVE ATAXIA, MSUCLE WEAKNESS, AND ASCENDING PARALYSIS, ALL WHICH ARE FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE RECOVERY. INGESTION OF TOXIC DOSAGES (GREATER THAN 300 G OF THE DRIED KAVA ROOT PER
WEEK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS) CAN CAUSE "KAVA DERMOPATHY," CHARACTERIZED BY A SWOLLEN FACE, BLOOD-SHORT EYES, YELLOW DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN, AND FISH-SCALE-LIKE LESIONS ON THE PALMS OF THE HANDS, SOLES OF THE FEET, FOREARMS, BACK AND SHINS.
THESE SYMPTOMS RESOLVE SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF THE KAVA EXTRACT. OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS FROM LONG-TERM INGESTION OF TOXIC DOSAGES OF RAW KAVA EXTRACT EXTRACT INCLUDE HYPERUREMIA, HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, HEMATURIA, HYPOALBUMINENEMIA,
LYMPHOPENIA, THROMBOCYTOPENIA, AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. |