Kava Kava and Benzodiazepine withdrawal

[InMotion]

Apparently a study was done where people took Kava Kava while weening off of benzodiazepines. It did significantly better then placebo at reducing withdrawal symptoms. Not sure what else there is to add here but I felt like it could help someone out so I decided to make a thread and post the reference.

Efficacy of kava-kava in the treatment of non-psychotic anxiety, following pretreatment with benzodiazepines - Psychopharmacology

A 5-week randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of kava-kava special extract WS®1490 in non-psychotic nervous anxiety, tension and restlessness states. During the first treatment week, the study dose drug was increased from 50 mg to 300 mg...

link.springer.com

Efficacy of kava-kava in the treatment of non-psychotic anxiety, following pretreatment with benzodiazepines
By: U. Malsch,M. Kieser
Psychopharmacology
Volume 157, Issue 3 , pp 277-283
10.1007/s002130100792

 

[D.REYx420]

Kava ftw thanks inmo.

 

[Ilex]

It makes sense kava could reduce withdrawals from benzos, since kava interacts with the same GABA receptor sites. I'm surprised kava isn't more widely used in place of benzos, actually.