Kava Sleep

Kava Sleep: The safe stress reliever - Kava Kava helps to benefit the brain, relieve anxiety, and act as a mild sedative or tranquilizer. Unlike many pharmaceutical drugs used for anxiety, such as diazepam (Valium) and alprazolam (Xanax), Kava Kava doesn’t space you out or leave you with a kind of hangover. That is one of the real benefits of Kava Kava. It’s relaxing but not depressing. It doesn’t deteriorate your mood. Most people feel more alert and have increased mental acuity.

Kava Kava puts you in a relax mood and it is good medicine any time there is anxiety from stress, mild depression, a phobia, premenstrual syndrome, or menopause. It also helps with insomnia when anxiety causes sleeplessness. The way it helps people get to sleep is by relaxing them and decreasing their anxiety level.

Diazepam (Valium) is a member of the benzodiazepine family. Benzodiazepines are sedatives that cause dose-related depression of the central nervous system. They are useful in treating anxiety, insomnia, seizures, and muscle spasms.

Diazepam is used for the short-term relief of symptoms related to anxiety disorders. Diazepam is also used for the treatment of agitation, tremors, delirium, seizures, and hallucinations as a result of alcohol withdrawal. Diazepam is also used for relief of muscle spasms in certain neurological diseases. Diazepam is used to abort active seizures and can be combined with other drugs in treating severe recurrent seizures.

Diazepam may be taken with or without food. Diazepam is metabolized by the liver and excreted mainly by the kidney. Dosages of diazepam may need to be lowered in patients with abnormal kidney function.

PRECAUTIONS: Alcohol should be avoided by patients taking benzodiazepines. Diazepam can lead to addiction (dependency), especially at higher dosages over prolonged periods of time. Because of diazepam's addicting potential, dosages should never be increased by the patient. In patients addicted to diazepam, abrupt discontinuation of the medicine can lead to symptoms of withdrawal (insomnia, headaches, nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness, sweating, anxiety, and fatigue). Seizures can occur in more severe cases of withdrawal. Consequently, patients on diazepam for extended periods of time should slowly taper the medication under a doctor's supervision rather than abruptly stopping the medication. Benzodiazepines, such as diazepam, can cause fetal problems and should not be used in pregnancy or in breast feeding mothers. Tagamet can prolong the effects of diazepam and dosages may need to be decreased when these drugs are used together.

SIDE EFFECTS: The most frequent side effects of diazepam are drowsiness, fatigue, and ataxia (loss of balance). Rarely, diazepam causes a paradoxical reaction with excitability, muscle spasm, lack of sleep, and rage. Confusion, depression, speech problems, and double vision are also rare side effects of diazepam.

USUAL DOSAGE: 5-40 mg a day; 2.5 mg for elderly or ill.

Valium alternative products like Kava Sleep are considered safer to use. So Kava base products as Diazepam substitutes have continued to proliferate in the health industry.