Article: HERBAL REMEDIES; ARE THEY THE HEALTHY OPTION.

Article: Drug-Herb Interaction: Effect of St John's Wort on Bioavailability and Metabolism of Procainamide in Mice
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...* Context.-St John's wort induces the activity of the cytochrome...N-acetyl procainamide. Objective.-To study St John's wort-procainamide interaction using...group A, 4 mice in each group) was fed St John's wort each day for 2 weeks (last dose...

Article: Battle royal over air rescue; St John criticised for `disloyal' contract bid
The Press;  August 29, 1998 ;     558 words ...St John's bid for Canterbury's emergency air rescue work is...of a similar, now- resolved wrangle in Auckland where St John bought a $1.7m Sikorsky helicopter for emergency work. St John in Canterbury is now accused of losing sight of its...

Article: Hands off our happy herb St John's Wort, the popular herbal anti-depressant known as 'nature's Prozac', could soon disappear from the shops. JENNY TONGE and GITA MENDIS report
Evening Standard - London;  February 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......suppliers' claims that St John's Wort has no side-effects. Recent studies...moderate depression, St John's Wort can be...and it has fewer side-effects. It is particularly...of any possible side- effects. "An outright ban on St John's Wort ...

Article: Hippocrates was right. St John's Wort beats demon of depression
The Independent - London;  September 1, 2000 ;     388 words ...ST JOHN'S WORT, the herbal remedy...extract also had fewer side-effects. As a result, the number...times lower among the St John's wort group than among...therapeutically equivalent", but side- effects such as dry mouth, sweating...less common among the St ...

Article: Negative St John's wort study slammed by industry groups.
Nutraceuticals International;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......were then randomized to receive a standardized St John's wort extract (900mg/day, rising to 1,200mg...remission of illness was significantly higher in the St John's wort versus the placebo group (p =0.02), but...event that occurred with greater frequency with St John's wort than ...

Article: What is St John's wort? HOW CAN IT HELP ME? WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL RISKS?
The Scotsman;  April 6, 2006 ;     210 words ...St John's wort, or hypericum, has...mild to moderate depression, St John's wort is as effective as...and it seems to have fewer side-effects. In some European countries...treatment for depression. St John's wort has also been shown...for several hours a day, but St ...

Article: St John's wort gave me relief
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  January 5, 2009 ;     208 words ......depression. First, I would state St John's Wort should not be used...body of research shows that St John's Wort is a safe and effective...assigned to receive 300mg of a St John's Wort extract three times...of the participants taking St John's Wort and in 35 per ...

Article: Taking St John's Wort 'can lead to pregnancy'.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 6, 2002 ;     482 words ......failure thought to be the effects of St John's Wort. The supplement, dubbed...MPA), has revealed that taking St John's Wort has resulted in two women...now made it compulsory for all St John's Wort products except tea to carry...interactions. The European market for St ...

Article: Health: The suddenly fashionable wort Hypericum, or St John's wort, is being hailed as an effective treatment for depression. No wonder long-time practitioners of folk medicine are feeling smug . By Liz Bestic
The Independent - London;  April 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ......vogue is for hypericum, or St John's wort, a rather unassuming...anti-depressant and for its lack of side effects. Hypericum has been used for...results. Indeed, in Germany St John's wort is licensed as a prescription...seven to one. In his book St John's Wort, Dr ...

Article: Voluntary labeling program for St John's wort agreed by US industry group.
Nutraceuticals International;  June 1, 2000 ;     245 words ......serious drug interactions and side effects with St John's wort (NIs passim), US trade...label statement applies to all St John's wort supplements, without exception...allows for the combination of the St John's wort label with other voluntary...

Article: Sunshine for the mind; St John's wort can lift serious depression, say doctors.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 11, 2005 ;     405 words ......available only on prescription. St John's wort is more effective against...to take part in a trial comparing St John's wort with Seroxat. The two remedies...prescription drug also suffered more side effects, reporting 269 adverse reactions, compared with 172 for St ...

Article: WHAT IS . . . ST JOHN'S WORT?
The Sunday Herald;  November 27, 2005 ;     206 words ...In 1994 alone, St John's Wort was prescribed for 20 million...bought with prescription in Ireland. St John's Wort has no major side effects and costs much less than comparable...SAD and PMS. The active ingredient in St John's Wort, Hypericun, enjoys a long and...used it ...

Article: New alert over St John's wort and the Pill.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 6, 2002 ;     392 words ......probably because of the effects of St John's wort. There has been increasing...Products Agency, said that taking St John's wort had resulted in two women...around [pound]3.75billion a year. St. John's wort has been used as a medicine...according to legend, it was discovered by ...

Article: St John's wort effective in SAD.
Nutraceuticals International;  February 1, 1999 ;     283 words ...A UK trial of the antidepressant herb St John's wort has suggested that it may be effective in the...Neuropsychopharmacology Congress in Puerto Rico, suggests that St John's wort supplementation performs as effectively and more...eight-week course of Lichtwer Pharma's Kira (L1160) St ...