News|Articles|May 1, 2002

Popular antidepression herb doesn't stand up in clinical trial-but an SSRI doesn't either.

Neither extracts of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort) nor sertraline (Zoloft) tested in patients with major depressive disorder performed better than placebo in reducing patients' scores on a standard assessment of depression severity.


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