Experiment 361103
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | WOELK,H: BURKARD,G: GRUNWALD,J:. (1994). BENEFITS AND RISK OF THE HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160: DRUG MONITORING STUDY WITH 3250 PATIENTS.. 7() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | EFFECTIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE OF A 4-WEEK TREATMENT WITH HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160 WERE INVESTIGATED BY 663 PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS. THE RESULTS OF THE 3250 PATIENTS (76% WOMEN AND 24% MEN), WERE RECORDED USING DATA SHEETS. THE AGE OF THE PATIENTS RANGED FROM 20 TO 90 YEARS (MEAN 51 YEARS). OF THE PATIENTS, 49% WERE MILDLY DRPRESSED, 46% INTERMEDIATE, AND 3% SEVERELY DEPRESSED. IN ABOUT 30% OF THE PATIENTS, THE SITUATION NORMALIZED OR IMPROVED DURING THE THERAPY. UNDESIRED DRUG EFFECTS WERE REPORTED IN 79 (2.4%) PATIENTS AND 48 (1.5%) DISCONTINUED THE THERAPY. MOST FREQUENTLY NOTED SIDE EFFECTS WERE GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATIONS (0.6%), ALLERGIC REACTIONS (0.5%), TIREDNESS (0.4%), AND RESTLESSNESS (0.3%). |
| Dose amount | 900.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | AERIAL PARTS |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |