Now that it appears in a tablet form, I shudder at the loss of context. The culture surrounding the use of yagona is lost, the properties objectified and the use limited. That saddens me. The one thing that is lost by this method of removing this from the cultural context is examining the side effects of the drug, and there are some very negative side effects. For men, it is a loss of sexual ability.
Performance drops off in direct proportion to the quantities taken.
In Fiji this is the common complaint of their women. As the name suggests, the skin in soft areas, mainly the neck scales and peels like that of a snake. Seeing people suffering from snake skin is a pathetic sight. I have not seen any research upon the long term effects of taking the kavakava tablets. Furthermore, I have not seen any research which concentrates upon the known side effects of yagona in relation to the taking of the kavakava compound.