Leading herbalists and industry organizations are trying to dispel a certain unsubstantiated rumors about the validitys of St.

Leading herbalists and industry organizations are trying to dispel a certain unsubstantiated rumors about the validitys of St. John's wort upon birth control pills. Led on Rob McCaleb of the Herb Research Association, the American Herbal productions Association and the National Nutritional cheers Association are joining to clarify a speculation made in the British medical journal, The Lancet, about the herb. The meditation looked at subjects taking St John's wort and inadinavir, a put drugs into used to treat HIV infection. The study's author hypothesized that the herb, which may affect the evens of inadinavir in the bloodstream, could do the same with birth hinder pills. McCaleb called the speculation and resulting media attention "unconscionable," saying the herb has had decades of safe use in Europe

...

Home