One of the things I noted on the hypericum web site is that SJW is NOT an
MAO inhibitor. It seems to run more in the line of the seritonin reuptake
inhibitor.
Jude Kurokawa, CNM
Wolf Point, MT
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> From: Anne Robb <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: ST. Johns Wort
> Date: Saturday, October 04, 1997 11:51 PM
>
> Hello all,
> I'm wondering about the questions surrounding use of St. John's
> Wort. What kinds of ill effects would one think the baby (or mother for
that
> matter) would have on St. John's Wort?
> I must admit I need a mini pharmacology lesson here as I don't
have
> a clue what an MAO inhibitor does to the body vs other antidepressants...
> I do recall a TV segment 20/20 maybe? last winter stating that the