Talking to patients about St. John’s wort

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • November 2003,
  • 70
  • (11)
  • 985-989;

ABSTRACT

St. John’s wort, an unregulated herbal supplement widely used as a self-treatment for depression, can cause side effects and drug interactions. Physicians should ask their patients about use of over-the-counter products such as St. John’s wort and discuss their use in a frank but nonjudgmental manner.

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