• Stoned_Ape
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      2 years ago

      I think it was this one: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000448.pub3/full

      You can find the full text here (Click on the blue buttons [Libgen] to download): https://libgen.li/edition.php?id=36416454

      Very interesting bit: “Both in placebo‐controlled trials and in comparisons with standard antidepressants, trials from German‐speaking countries reported findings more favourable to hypericum.”

      That’s odd. I wonder what the reason might be.

      Trying to ping the user @lemmyreader@lemmy.ml Please tell me if that worked. :)

      • lemmyreader
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        2 years ago

        Thanks for sharing the web links.

        Trying to ping the user @lemmyreader@lemmy.ml Please tell me if that worked. :)

        Worked :) And let’s ping in the original question poster as well @Amicchan@lemmy.ml just in case.

        Hypericum (St. John’s Wort) pills can be bought in some regular shops here in Europe. I have a tendency to use them in the Winter, but this time it didn’t go so well. I also have it as tea, maybe I’ll give that a try again when needed. Luckily I found other ways to feel better. Odd thing about the results for German speaking countries.

        Trials from German-speaking countries reported more positive findings than trials from other countries (RR = 1.78; 95%CI 1.42 to 2.25 vs.1.07; 95% CI 0.88 to 1.31, respectively; see comparison 1.5 and Figure 2).

        What do these numbers mean exactly ? Was it a huge difference or not so much ?