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St. John’s Wort Doesn’t Work for ADHD
Herbal preparation no more effective than placebo, study finds
Posted June 10, 2008

By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) — St. John’s wort isn’t effective for treating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, a new study finds.

Published in the June 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the study compared St. John’s wort to a placebo in children aged 6 to 17 and found the herb wasn’t any more effective than the placebo.

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