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Hi John: As a psychiatric nurse I strongly support Janet's and Charlie's opinion on this issue. Herbal 'medications' can have the same kind of dangerous interactions and side-effects that prescribed medications can have, but lack the testing, standardization, etc. that meds that go the conventional route for approval have to undergo. Besides, since you're not really qualified to practice medicine, you wouldn't want to start by practicing on your Mom, would you? Carole H. --- "Charles T. Meyer, M.D." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I as a retired psychiatrist strongly second Janet's > opinion. Clinical > depression is a serious illness and especially > when you are planning to > mix St John's Wort with other PD meds I think you > are looking for trouble. > If your mother will not go to a psychiatrist ask > her neurologist to > consider something for depression or possibly her > family Dr. but have > someone evaluate and treat her bedsides yourself. > > Charlie > > Charles T. Meyer, M.D. > Middleton(Madison) WI > [log in to unmask] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 2:58 AM > Subject: Re: sinemet and St. John's Wort for > depression > > > > At 23:50 1999/10/20 EDT, you wrote: > > > My mom has Parkinson and has on-off depression > spells. I want to try > St. > > >John's Wort for the depression. It's supposed to > work as well as Paxil. > It's > > >used a lot in Germany for depression. However, > the literature I have read > on > > >St. John's Wort says it may, stress may, have > some MAO inhibitor action. > You > > >can't give an MAO inhibitor with Sinemet or it > can cause seizures. > > > Has anyone used St. John's Wort for their > depression from Parkinson > with > > >Sinemet, and has it worked out O.K.? Thanks to > all. > > > > > > john > > > > do you have a license to practice medicine? > > are you treating your mom's parkinson's? > > > > clinical depression is dangerous, potentially > fatal > > > > the meds available for curing it > > i said curing it > > are myriad and work differently with different > people > > > > i feel very strongly that your mom's depression > > should be under the care of a specialist > professional - preferably a > psychiatrist - ideally a psychiatrist/neurologist > specialist - > > if such an animal exists > > > > cd is caused by altered brain chemistry > > in the same way that pd is > > > > 'trying st johns wort' for your mom's depression > > speaks to me of trying to tune a maserati engine > with a crowbar > > > > with concern for my cd-pd-sibling > > > > janet > > > > janet paterson > > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > > 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A > 1A0 > > a new voice: > <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> > > <[log in to unmask]> > > > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com