ST. JOHN'S WORT: DEPRESSING NEWS.St. John's wort St. John’s wort indicates animosity. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177] See : Hatred St. John’s wort defense against fairies, evil spirits, the Devil. [Br. (at doses up to 1,200 mg a day) was no better than a placebo placebo (pləsē`bō), inert substance given instead of a potent drug. Placebo medications are sometimes prescribed when a drug is not really needed or when one would not be appropriate because they make patients feel well taken care of. in treating 200 people with major depression in one of the largest, well-designed studies of the supplement. Some critics have charged that St. John's wort failed because the study might have included a large number of difficult-to-treat patients. (It's impossible to know because the researchers didn't compare St. John's wort to a prescription anti-depressant.) Nevertheless, the results are not encouraging. What to do: Depression is too serious to treat on your own. If a health professional recommends St. John's wort, it's worth a try. Just remember that it can interfere with man), prescription drugs prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, (see NAH, Sept. 2000, p. 6). Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, published 48 times per year by the American Medical Association. JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world. 285: 1978, 2001. |
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