Benefits Of St Johns Wort

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St. John's Wort (Hypericin)

What Is St. John's Wort? What Are the Benefits of St. John's Wort? Why Do People With HIV Use St. John's Wort? How Is St. John's Wort Used? What Are the Side Effects? How Does It Interact With Other Therapies? The Bottom Line What Is St. John's Wort? St. John's Wort is a flowering plant. ("Wort" is an old English word for an herb or plant.) It grows in many parts of the world. Its scientific name is hypericum perforatum. All of the...

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Took some St. John's Wort on atripla.

I was having some mild sore throat symptoms due to allergies and weather changes with the start of spring. I bough some natural throat spray to help with the symptoms I sprayed my throat about 6 times over the past 2 days. When I looked over the...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.Your right to question whether supplements might interfere with your HIV medications; frequently, their interactions are not well studied.St. John's wort is one of the supplements that is known to interact with... Read more »

st johns wort

Can i take SJW with Buspar?...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

St Johns Wort should not be a problem combined with BuSpar.However, St Johns Wort causes very significant interactions with many antiretroviral drugs. It induces the metabolism of several protease inhibitors and other ARTs, and can lead to lower... Read more »

False negative HIV test from St John's wort?

Hi Would taking daily supplements such as St Johns Wort cause a false negative HIV test?...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

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St Johns Wort with Wellbutrin

I am taking a vitamin GH3 which has St Johns Wort in it. I feel ok, my Dr. wants me to take Wellbutrin to stop smoking and for the extra stress I have been under lately, thinks it will give me more energy. Is this safe to take the two. ...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

I would think it is not safe. I am not a psychiatrist, and they are the folks with the most knowledge about the complicated effects of combining pychiatric drugs. But, as a general rule, St. John's Wort is an active antidepressant with a mode... Read more »

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taking st. john's wort?

Posted by Anonymous

I am working on a cover story for US News and World Report about dietary supplements. There have been some findings that taking St. John's Wort can interfere with the effectiveness of protease inhibitors. If this has happened to you or you know of... Read more »

John Hopkin's

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I would like to point out John Hopkin's Aids Service please read the publications about HIV tests and Symptoms and please don't bother Dr. Joel with Worried Well questions read the archives everything under the sun has been asked.I am a IV Drug user... Read more »

Yes, another oral worry wort!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

About 3 years ago, I was the insertive partner in fellatio. I do not know the HIV status of the guy that "performed". In fact, I had never met him in my life. (stupid, I know) However, after this incident, I came down with the worst sore throat... Read more »

John in London

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How is your prognosis going, John??

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