| Disease | THE EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF A HIGH-DOSE FORMULATION OF ST.JOHN'S WORT EXTRACT, HYP 811, WAS TESTED IN 607 PATIENTS IN A 6-WEEK, PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER, POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE STUDY. SEVERITY OF DEPRESSION WAS ASSESSED BY PHYSICIANS
USING THE HAMILTON DEPRESSION SCALE; PATIENT SELF-EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED USING THE VON ZERSSEN DEPRESSION SCALE. AFTER 6 WEEKS OF TREATMENT, BOTH SCORES IMPROVED BY APPROXIMATELY 60%, ON AVERAGE. DISTURBANCES IN WELL-BEING, SUCH AS DEJECTION
LOSS OF INTEREST, AND GENERALIZED PHYSICAL COMPLAINTS, DIMINISHED DURING THERAPY. THE TOLERABILITY OF HYP 811 WAS RATED "VERY GOOD" AND "GOOD" IN 89.4% OF CASES. AFTER 3 WEEKS OF TREATMENT, DOSAGE IN 128 PATIENTS(21.1%) WAS SUCCESSFULLY REDUCED
TO ONE CAPSULE DAILY. |