St. Johns Wart question?!
Question: I want to know if any of you would know if there is a certain brand of St Johns Wart that is better? I heard that some have certain bad chemicals in it. How do I find out and do any of you have any kind of proof that it is really good for your body. I know it does work to enhance your mood if you have a mild depression or anxiety, just want to know if any of you have heard about bad chemicals being added?
Or do you have another herbal remedy that will do the same thing as St. Johns Wart that doesn't have any bad chemicals?
Thank you in advance for your kind answers.
Answers: I want to know if any of you would know if there is a certain brand of St Johns Wart that is better? I heard that some have certain bad chemicals in it. How do I find out and do any of you have any kind of proof that it is really good for your body. I know it does work to enhance your mood if you have a mild depression or anxiety, just want to know if any of you have heard about bad chemicals being added?
Or do you have another herbal remedy that will do the same thing as St. Johns Wart that doesn't have any bad chemicals?
Thank you in advance for your kind answers.
There are 2 brands that I prefer over any other. The first is "Flora" which is oil extract preserved in olive oil and the other is "A. Vogel" which is a high quality product. Both work very well. Stay away from cheap brands and you won't have a problem with any chemicals added.
Treatment is aimed at destruction of the warty growths rather than elimination of the virus.
Subclinical infection probably is lifelong, and there is no cure.
Most partners are likely to be subclinically infected with HPV, even if they do not have exophytic lesions.
Use of condoms may reduce transmission of the virus to uninfected partners.
Standard therapies for GWs can remove most warts; however, there is no ideal treatment for all warts and all patients.
Caustics/acids - 80-90% bichloracetic acid (BCA) or trichloroacetic acid (TCA)
Podophyllin resin - 10-25% or 0.5% podofilox solution or gel (Condylox)
Imiquimod 5% cream (Aldara) - 3 times per week, up to 4 months (A recent article reported that the optimal duration of use for women's genital warts may be 1 month.)
Interferon, intramuscular or intralesional injection - 3 million units, 3 times per week for 3 weeks
HPV vaccines
A variety of prophylactic and therapeutic HPV vaccine trials are ongoing and may be of potential future benefit.
Notably, a vaccine against HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18 (Gardasil, Merck) has recently been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for approval as the first vaccine against HPV infection. Another vaccine against HPV types 16 and 18 (GlaxoSmithKline) will probably be available in 2006.
Surgical Care:
Cryosurgery is very effective for treating multiple, small, genital warts.
Warts on the shaft of the penis and vulva respond very well to cryotherapy.
Cryotherapy of the rectum is painful and less successful.
Cryotherapy is effective and safe for the mother and fetus when used during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
Electrosurgery is quite effective for a limited number of lesions on the shaft of the penis.
Large, unresponsive lesions around the rectum or vulva can be treated with scissor excision of the bulk of the mass followed by electrocautery of the remaining tissue down to the skin surface.
Loop electrocautery excisional procedure (LEEP) after colposcopic biopsy has become a standard procedure for cervical lesions particularly for the ones with neoplastic features.
Removal of a very large mass of warts is a painful procedure, best performed under either general or spinal anesthesia.
Carbon dioxide laser is an efficient method of treating primary and recurrent anogenital warts because of its precision and rapid healing without scarring.
Primary cure rates as high as 91% have been reported.
Carbon dioxide laser is the treatment of choice for pregnant women with extensive lesions or lesions that do not respond to TCA.
Pulsed-dye laser and other new lasers have been used by some with various successful rates.
Surgery is indicated particularly for large GWs or malignant lesions.
For recurrent carcinoma, Mohs surgery is a good choice.