-> SA>MP> The three-year study will involve 336 patients with major
-> SA>MP> depression, of whom one-third will receive a 900 milligram
-> (mg) SA>MP> daily dose of St. John's wort, one-third will receive a
-> placebo, SA>MP> and one-third will receive a selective serotonin
-> reuptake SA>MP> inhibitor.
-> I was actually trying to figure out if they were really trying to
-> test it
-> or setting it up for failure. From your answer, I presume you can't
-> help me...oh, well.
Sounds like a setup to me, Sue. Note that the people in the trial are
people with major depression. St. John's Wort has been demonstrated
elsewhere to work for people with minor depression.
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