St John's wort, conventional medication, and placebo: an egregious double standard
- PMID: 14659385
- DOI: 10.1016/s0965-2299(03)00109-2
St John's wort, conventional medication, and placebo: an egregious double standard
Abstract
The efficacy of antidepressant medication is generally thought to be well established, whereas that of hypericum (St John's wort) is considered doubtful. The data fail to support these discrepant conclusions. Instead they show that hypericum and conventional antidepressants are equally effective (or ineffective). This suggests that different standards are being used to evaluate the two types of treatment.
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