Description
- High potency tablet containing St John’s Wort extract
- May help relieve nervous tension, stress, mild anxiety, and sleeplessness
- May help manage mood swings and irritability
- May help relieve nerve pain, mild neuralgia, and sciatica
Dosage & warnings
1 tablet 2 – 3 times daily
May cause hyperaesthesia in some sensitive individuals especially when combined with high exposure to sunlight
St John’s Wort is not advisable in cases of known photosensitivity. Patients taking high doses should avoid excessive exposure to sunlight and UV radiation.
St John’s Wort affects the way some prescription medicines work. Concurrent administration of high doses of St John’s Wort is contraindicated with the following drugs: warfarin, digoxin, immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin, indinavir (HIV protease inhibitor), nevirapine (HIV non-nucleoside transcriptase inhibitor), phenprocoumon, nifedipine, methadone, finasteride, cancer chemotherapeutic drugs such as irinotecan and calcium channel antagonists such as verapamil.
Caution is advised in patients taking other drug medications, including combined oral contraceptives
Consume at least 2 hours away from ingestion of mineral supplements
Discontinue 7 days prior to general anesthesia
Formulation
| Ingredient | 1 tablet |
|---|---|
| Hypericum perforatum (herb top flowering) ext. equiv. dry (St John’s Wort) equiv. Hypericin equiv. Flavonoid glycosides | 1.8 g 1.05 mg 18 mg |
