Blackmores St John's Wort

Blackmores St John's Wort

Helping you to relieve temporary feelings of sadness and low mood

Life’s demands and challenges can sometimes leave us feeling troubled, anxious and sad. Blackmores St John’s Wort contains a clinically trialled dose of Hypericum perforatum (St John’s wort) to relieve temporary feelings of sadness, tearfulness and low mood.

Features and benefits of Blackmores St John's Wort

• Traditionally used for anxiety and nervous restlessness
• Relieves temporary feelings of sadness, tearfulness and low mood

Additional information

St. John's wort appears to impact a number of neurotransmitters that have an effect on mood and emotions.

St. John's wort has been standardised to contain the active constituent hypericin. Research suggests that hypericin has a tonic and tranquillising action. St. John's wort may increase the levels of certain nerve transmitters, such as serotonin, noradrenaline and dopamine, which help to maintain normal mood and keep emotions stable.

Dosage for Blackmores St John's Wort

Adults - Take 1 tablet 3 times daily with meals, or as professionally prescribed.
Children (under 12 years) - Only as professionally prescribed

Contraindications and cautions

• If symptoms persist, see your healthcare professional.
• Not recommended for use during pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Side effects

• May rarely cause photosensitive skin rash, mild gastrointestinal symptoms, tiredness or restlessness.

Blackmores St John's Wort Active Ingredients

Medicine Interactions

• Consult your healthcare professional before use if you are taking, or think you may be taking, warfarin, oral contraceptives (birth control pills), cyclosporine, tacrolimus (anti-transplant rejection), protease inhibitors or reverse transcriptase inhibitors (antiviral drugs), methadone, amitriptyline, simvastatin, atorvastatin, omeprazole, irinotecan or imatinib (cancer drugs). St John's wort has been noted to increase the action of the hepatic P450 enzyme system, which may decrease the efficacy of these medications.
  
• Consult your health care professional before use if you are taking prescription antidepressants (tricyclics or SSRIs). St John's wort may interfere with the action of these medications.
• Consult your healthcare professional before use if you are taking digoxin. St John's wort may interfere with the action of this medication.

Physical Description

A grey/brown, mottled, bullet shaped tablet with break bar. Film-coated clear.