Chapter 18, Problem 18.2CTE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Researchers at the Centre for complementary medicine in Munich, Germany, reviewed 29 studies of patients with depression that are compared treatment with St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) with treatment with a placebo or with standard antidepressant medications. They concluded, “overall… the St. Wort extracts…were superior to placebos and as effective as standard antidepressants, with fewer side effects.” They also noted that studies in German-speaking countries, where the herbal remedy has long been used, were more favorable to St. john’s wort than were studies from other countries and that products on the market vary in composition and can sometimes compromise the effects of other medications.

Concept introduction:

Depression is a kind of mental health issue which often begins in the initial adulthood stage. It is more found in women. Though this situation may occur at any age.

Depression basically impacts our brain, thus the drugs which works in the brain might prove useful. Every drug which is utilized for treating the depression by balancing several chemical chemicals in our brain which is known as neurotransmitters. All these drugs behave slightly different to ease our symptoms of brain related to the depression.