Psycho-Babble Administration Thread 684782

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what dose is this? Kava extract LI 150 is as ...

Posted by S.D. on September 10, 2006, at 17:55:00

Does anyone know what "LI 150" signifies? How much kava kava is this in terms of "standardized to 30% kavalactones" (kava pyrones) kind of capsules sold OTC in the USA?

The study (see article ref. below) I'm referring to is a "8-week randomized, reference-controlled, double-blind, multi-centre clinical trial" of "kava-kava". I only have the abstract.
Here's a link to it:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12807341&dopt=Abstract"

For either this trial or other significant trials of kava, I'm trying to find out what is an equivalent kava dose I can buy. I've gotten a mild benefit from 1000mg/day of the common "30%" stuff (Natrol and "Now" brands).


-- S.D. (anxiousInSanDiego)
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Journal:
Phytomedicine. 2003;10 Suppl 4:38-49.

Article title
Kava-Kava extract LI 150 is as effective as Opipramol and Buspirone in Generalised Anxiety Disorder--an 8-week randomized, double-blind multi-centre clinical trial in 129 out-patients.

Authors
Boerner RJ, Sommer H, Berger W, Kuhn U, Schmidt U, Mannel M.

Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. reinhard.boerner@psy.med.uni-muenchen.de
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Redirect to Alternative » S.D.

Posted by Dinah on September 10, 2006, at 18:44:37

In reply to what dose is this? Kava extract LI 150 is as ..., posted by S.D. on September 10, 2006, at 17:55:00

I think you probably wanted the Alternative Board (and forgive me if I'm wrong) rather than the Administrative Board, so I redirected your post there. Here's a link.

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20060817/msgs/684799.html

 

Re: Redirect to Alternative

Posted by S.D. on September 10, 2006, at 21:50:17

In reply to Redirect to Alternative » S.D., posted by Dinah on September 10, 2006, at 18:44:37

Kava apparently is mainstream in Germany, but "alternative" in the USA. I definitely did not mean to post on the admin. board.

Thanks Dinah!

-- S.D. (anxiousInSanDiego)

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