St. John's Wort and Increased Continuous Abstinence Rate

• Role of Herbal Medication in Tobacco Cessation Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

  • 2023-01-29
  • Review · n = 12
  • Addiction & health 15(1)
  • • Ruchi Mitra
    • Arpita Rai
    • Ansul Kumar
    • Jeewan Kumar Mitra

  • PubMed: 37560083
  • DOI: 10.34172/ahj.2023.1290

  3 Insights on

  • Increased Continuous Abstinence Rate

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  herbal treatments such as Vernonia cinerea, St. John's Wort, and lavender essential oil were significantly related to a higher continuous abstinence rate (CAR) compared to the controls with risk ratio (RR): 2.13 (0.57-4.61) at week 8; RR: 2.72 (0.77-5.3) at week 12; and RR: 2.77 (0.37-1.13) at week 24.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes