St. John's Wort and Reduced Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Score

• The efficacy and safety of St. John's wort extract in depression therapy compared to SSRIs in adults: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

  • 2022-10-11
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 2,270
  • Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University 32(2)
  • • Xin Zhao
    • Hong Zhang
    • Yanyan Wu
    • Chun Yu

  • PubMed: 36226689
  • DOI: 10.17219/acem/152942

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Score

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Our research supports the use of SJW as it reduced the number of depressive patients and their HAMD scores while having fewer risks and side effects than conventional medications.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes