This content is machine translated Moderate depressive disorder Post hoc analysis of a comparative study – Hypericum as an effective antidepressant. Numerous studies show that medicines based on St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) are effective against depressive mood. The evidence base includes not only placebo comparisons, but also reference-controlled comparative studies.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Unipolar depression St. John’s wort is a proven traditional therapy option In particular, the use of standardized St. John’s wort preparations has been shown to be effective for mild to moderate depressive symptoms, both for induction therapy and relapse prophylaxis. Based…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapy for depression Low risk of interaction with low-hyperforin St. John’s wort St. John’s wort extracts are proven for the treatment of depressive disorders. However, some preparations, by inducing CYP3A4 and P-glycoprotein (ABCB1), lower the plasma levels of other drugs and impair…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Depression in adults St. John’s wort and SSRIs The efficacy of St. John’s wort preparations for the treatment of mild and moderate major depression has been compared on several occasions with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). St. John’s…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Hypericum perforatum extract Effective alternative to standard antidepressants The efficacy of St. John’s wort extracts for mild to moderate depression has been demonstrated in studies. A subgroup analysis compared response to hypericum extract WS 5570 with response to…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Depression Different preparations with good effect A number of St. John’s wort preparations are registered in Switzerland, which do not differ significantly in composition. Only a minority of them are allowed to be used in the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Interactions and incorrect dosing Adverse drug reactions in psychiatry. A workshop at the Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy focused on the adverse effects of psychotropic drugs. The interest was great: Already ten minutes before the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated St. John's wort preparations and interactions Interactions are less relevant to broad segments of the population than often portrayed A number of interactions occur with the St. John’s wort preparations now increasingly used to treat mild to moderate depression. However, most of them affect specific patient groups. A critical…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pooled analysis of four studies Is a St. John’s wort extract better tolerated than SSRIs? This article is the German abstract of a study [1] published in the journal International Clinical Psychopharmacology. The authors pooled the compatibility data from four studies and evaluated them. They…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics Dementia and depression in old age Andreas Studer, MD, from the University Center for Geriatric Medicine at the Felix Platter Hospital in Basel, spoke at the Update Refresher in Zurich on the two topics of dementia…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated St. John's wort in depression therapy Health services research complements double-blind studies Depression is very common among mental illnesses. Unipolar depression is the third leading cause of so-called Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), years of life associated with health limitations and disability.…
