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From The April 2000 Issue of Nutrition Science News
Natural News
Interactive Herb Alert
Although an effective treatment for mild to moderate depression, St. John's wort interacts with numerous drugs with often serious consequences, according to research published in Lancet [2000 Feb 12;355(9203):575-7, 547-9].
Articles and letters in the issue report that St. John's wort may:
- interfere with protease inhibitors used for AIDS treatment.
- decrease the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.
- contribute to heart transplant rejection by interfering with the drug cyclosporine.
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