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Kava

Canada Says No to Kava (August 28, 2002)
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
FDA Issues Consumer Advisory That Kava Products May Be Associated With Severe Liver Injury (March 25, 2002)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Kava-Containing Dietary Supplements May Be Associated With Severe Liver Injury (March 25, 2002)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
"Dear Doctor" Letter Regarding Kava Kava (March 2002)
Warning from FDA to health professionals.
In What's New, from Project Inform
Herbs for Nerves -- Supplement Watch: St John's Wort and Kava (October 1998)
In Nutrition Action Healthletter, from Center for Science in the Public Interest

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