Hello! I will specify that I am a girl. I had problems with my cycle and went to a gynecologist. He prescribed me contraceptives (from the weaker ones) and said that I should take them for 6 months. I have been drinking them for 3 months now. I read that St. John's wort helps with depression. My question is whether St. John's wort can affect the pills in any way, because I read that it should not be mixed with other drugs. Thanks in advance!
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Read on the packaging of your contraceptives. Yellow canterion, if it is like tea, is hardly a "cure". In addition, birth control pills are simply female hormones, hardly affected by herbs.
Number 1, please do not give such advice. St. John's wort reduces the effect of contraceptives. Don't underestimate it as a "herb". It is one of the plants whose drug interactions are best studied. Proof of its strong action is the fact that there is a drug based on St. John's wort - for the treatment of depression. Regardless of the nature of xenobiotics (herbs and just female hormones), most of them are metabolized by the same enzyme superfamilies and compete for them. Thus a plant is an inhibitor or inducer of enzyme systems and leads to a reduction or potentiation of the effect of drugs. It is best for the author to divide the intake by 3 hours. Otherwise, I agree with the tea, but it depends on how much tea is drunk and how it is obtained - infusion, etc., the temperature reached, etc. To everyone in this forum - if you have questions related to interactions between drugs, medications and supplements, etc., you can check for the likelihood of interactions on the site www. drugs. com. Sarah
Number 2 - the drugs you are talking about are on prescription and can even lead to death! The girl's forehead for the herb - ie for the FREE SELLING TEA, and it is unlikely to lead to a dose of 1 year equivalent ... You forgot to say that the preparations you are talking about (all on prescription) also do antibiotics, HIV drugs, immunosuppressants (in transplantation) are ineffective. In combination with drugs, with Methadone for example - even deadly. But to scare people with herbal teas ... a little exaggerated ...
Number 3, was do not underestimate the action of "herbs" :) Medicines are based on herbs and chemistry. Drinking St. John's wort tea significantly reduced my symptoms of depression. Babe, there is no one to answer you adequately on the net. Ask your gynecologist! He needs to know if there are acceptable doses, given the contraceptives you use :)
I don't know exactly what the doctor prescribed, but when taking hormones, it is not recommended to drink St. John's wort. Both predispose to the formation of clots (thrombosis). This is written on the packaging of some hormonal drugs.