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walbourn ([personal profile] walbourn) wrote2003-11-13 09:17 am

Thanks for the important safety tip, Egon.

Granted, I'm not a consistent tracker of Women's Health issues, but I was surprised to hear from a friend of mine recently that St John's Wort might cancel out the effectiveness of birth control. Just what people need when they are depressed...

ABC News Story

It is a shame that herbal supplements are so cheap to manufacture that the pharmacy industry doesn't bother to test them effectively. Too much money to be made with the patentable stuff I suppose...