Anxiety presents a considerable burden to healthcare services and infrastructure globally, with the annual cost of anxiety disorders estimated at $42.3 billion, or $1542 per patient, in 1990 [4].
This article explores some of the traditional methods of treating anxiety, the drawbacks of their use, and presents evidence for the use of kava as a natural alternative to these strategies.
Across the world, anxiety levels have skyrocketed and prescriptions for xanax, valium, ativan, and other drugs in the benzodiazepine class--the class of drug most commonly prescribed for anxiety--have also correspondingly (and exponentially) grown as well.
