Article: St. John's Wort Not Effective For Treatment Of Major Depression.

2001 MAY 11 - (NewsRx Network) -- The popular herbal remedy St. John's wort was not effective for treatment of major depression in the first large-scale controlled trial in the United States, according to an article in the April 18, 2001, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Richard C. Shelton, MD, of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to compare the efficacy and safety of a standardized extract of St. John's wort with placebo for treating depression. The study was conducted between November 1998 and January 2000 in 11 academic medical centers in ...

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