Experiment 635105
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | HARRER,G: SCHMIDT,U: KUHN,U: BILLER,A:. (1999). COMPARISON OF EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN THE ST.JOHN'S WORT EXTRACT LOHYP-57 AND FLUOXETINE.. 49(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A RANDOMISED DOUBLE-BLIND COMPERATIVE TRIAL THE ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFICACY OF A DAILY DOSE OF 800 MG OF ST.JOHN'S WORT EXTRACT LOHYP-57 HAS COMPARED TO 20 MG FLUOXETINE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSION FOR 6 WEEKS. DURING THE 6 WEEK COURSE OF TREATMENT WITH LOHYP-57, THE HAMILTON GLOBAL SCORE FELL FROM 16.60 POINTS TO 7.91 AND IN THE FLUOXETINE SAMPLE, IT FELL FROM 17.18 TO 8.11 POINTS. THE EFFICACY OF BOTH MEDICATIONS WAS FOUND TO BE EQUIVELENT BOTH IN MILD AND MODERATE DEPRESSIVE EPISODES. BOTH TREATMENT GROUPS SHOWED ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, LOHYP-57, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 800.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETOH(60%)EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |