Superdrug St Johns Wort Tablets
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT
HRI GOOD MOOD™ TABLETS
St John’s Wort extract 334 mg
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important
information for you.
• Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet, or as your doctor, or pharmacist or qualified healthcare practitioner has told you.
• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
• You must contact a doctor or qualified healthcare practitioner if your symptoms worsen or do not improve after six weeks.
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or qualified healthcare practitioner. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
What is in this leaflet?
1. What HRI Good Mood is and what it is used for
2. Before you take HRI Good Mood
3. How to take HRI Good Mood
4. Possible Side Effects
5. How to store HRI Good Mood
6. Further information
1. What HRI Good Mood is and what it is used for
What HRI Good Mood is
This product is a traditional herbal medicinal product containing St John’s Wort extract. Each film-coated tablet contains 334 mg of extract (as dry extract) from St John’s Wort aerial parts (Hypericumperforatum L.) (5-7:1) (equivalent to 1670mg -2338mg of St John’s Wort). Extraction solvent: Ethanol 60% v/v.
What HRI Good Mood is used for
HRI GOOD MOOD is a traditional herbal medicinal product used to relieve the symptoms of slightly low mood and mild anxiety. This is based on traditional use only.
Suffering from depression?
Symptoms of depression include feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, loss of interest in daily activities, appetite or weight changes, sleep changes, loss of energy and difficulty concentrating, thoughts of self-harm or suicide. If your doctor has told you that you are suffering from depression, do not use this product. If you think that you may be suffering from depression you should tell your doctor before taking this product.
2. Before you take HRI Good Mood
• You are allergic to any of the ingredients (see section 6)
• You are taking any of the medicines listed below
• You are due to have an operation in the next 10 days
• You are under the age of 18 years
Do not take this product if:
• Your skin is exceptionally sensitive to sunlight (photosensitive)
• You are having light treatment (phototherapy) for any condition
• You are suffering from depression (see above)
• You are pregnant or breastfeeding While you are taking this product:
• avoid excessive sunbathing or the use of sunbeds/solariums
• stop using it at least 10 days prior to undergoing any surgery
Driving and operating machinery
x In rare cases St John’s Wort may make you feel dizzy or sleepy. If affected do not drive or use machines.
Taking other medicines
St John’s Wort can affect the way some medicines work and reduce their effectiveness. Medicines that can be affected by St John’s Wort include prescription medicines, and those that you may have bought without a prescription.
Therefore it is important that you do not take St John’s Wort if you are using any of the medicines in the following list. All hormonal contraceptives: The birth control ‘Pill’, emergency contraception (also known as the morning after pill), hormonal implants, creams, patches, intra-uterine devices with hormones.
All medicines for depression/anxiety: Amitriptyline, clomipramine, moclobemide, citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, duloxetine, venlafaxine.
All hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) treatments: HRT tablets, patches, gels, vaginal rings All medicines for thinning the blood (anticoagulants): Warfarin, acenocoumarol All medicines for epilepsy: Carbamazepine, phenobarbitone, phenytoin, primidone, sodium valproate All immunosuppressant medicines: Ciclosporin, tacrolimus
All medicines for HIV infections: Amprenavir, atazanavir, darunavir, fosamprenavir, indinavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, tipranavir, efavirenz, nevirapine, delavirdine Some medicines for cholesterol: Simvastatin, atorvastatin
Some medicines for cancer: Irinotecan, dasatinib, erlotinib, imatinib, sorafenib, sunitinib, etoposide, mitotane Some medicines for heart disease: Digoxin, ivabradine, amiodarone
Some medicines for migraines: Almotriptan, eletriptan, frovatriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, zolmitriptan Some medicines for high blood pressure: Amlodipine, nifedipine, felodipine, verapamil A medicine for regulating mood: Lithium A thyroid hormone: Thyroxine