| Disease | DRUG MONITORING STUDY INVESTIGATED 12 WKS OF TREATMENT WITH ST.JOHN'S WORT, ONE TABLET 3 TIMES DAILY(900MG HYPERICUM,KIRA), IN 111 WOMEN FROM A GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICE. THE PATIENTS, WHO WERE BETWEEN 43 AND 65 YEARS OLD, HAD CLIMACTERIC
SYMPTOMS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PRE- AND POSTMENOPAUSAL STATE. TREATMENT OUTCOME WAS EVALUATED BY THE MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE, A SELF-DESIGNED QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ASSESSING SEXUALITY, AND THE CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE. THE INCIDENCE AND
SEVERITY OF TYPICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL, PSYCHOSOMATIC, AND VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS WERE RECORDED AT BASELINE AND AFTER 5,8, AND 12 WKS OF TREATMENT.SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOMATIC SYMPTOMS WAS OBSERVED. CLIMACTERIC COMPLAINTS
DIMINISHED OR DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY IN THE MAJORITY OF WOMEN (76.4% BY PATIENT EVALUATION AND 79.2% BY PHYSICIAN EVALUATION). OF NOTE, SEXUAL WELL-BEING ALSO IMPROVED AFTER TREATMENT WITH ST.JOHN'S WORT EXTRACT.
A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, KIRA, WAS USED. |