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Article: ON THE TRAIL OF THE FEEL-GOOD WEED; ST. JOHN'S WORT AN HERBAL OPTION TO ANTI-DEPRESSANTS.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 15, 1997
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Byline: Jane E. Brody The New York Times
The highly popular drug Prozac and its synthetic rivals may soon be in for competition in this country from a natural herb that grows prolifically on roadsides: St. John's wort.
The herb is already by far the favored therapy for treatment of mild to moderately severe depression in Germany, where it has been used therapeutically for centuries. In 1994, about 66 million daily doses of St. John's wort were prescribed by German doctors, who turn to other drugs only when the herbal remedy fails to work.
Most of the research on the herb, which is also used to treat other common physical and emotional disorders, ...