On (17 Oct 97) Meg Umans wrote to Sue Alexander...
-> 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.
 MU> Sounds like a setup to me, Sue.  Note that the people in the trial are
 MU> people with major depression.  St. John's Wort has been demonstrated
 MU> elsewhere to work for people with minor depression.
To me too.  St. John's Wort works for minor to moderate depression.  
Hell, SSRI's, frequently don't work for major depresion.  
Just another example of the U.S. govt, acting hand in hand with the AMA and
the big pharmaceutical companies.

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