Posted by ronaldo on December 24, 2006, at 5:30:38
In reply to St John's wort and bioplar -recipe for disaster?, posted by survivin bpd on December 22, 2006, at 17:54:34
More from the BNF (British National Formulary):
St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) is a popular unlicensed herbal remedy for treating mild depression. However, preparations of St John’s wort can induce drug metabolising enzymes and a number of important interactions with conventional drugs have been identified, see Appendix 1 (St John’s wort). The amount of active ingredient can vary between different preparations of St John’s wort and switching from one to another can change the degree of enzyme induction. Furthermore, when a patient stops taking St John’s wort, concentrations of interacting drugs may increase, leading to toxicity. Antidepressants should not be used with St John's wort because of the potential for interaction.
http://services.ascribe.com/bnf/publications.aspx/bnf/current/index.htm
Alan
Seems to me you might just as well see a pdoc on the NHS.
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