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Title: can you take mirtazapine with st john's wort ?
Post by: movingtables on August 14, 2012, 09:18:26 PM

I used to take prozac but i'm currently taking mirtazapine.
I was wondering if i could take mirtazapine with st john's wort ?

Title: Re: can you take mirtazapine with st john's wort ?
Post by: Sweetpea on August 14, 2012, 09:54:13 PM

As St Johns Wort is a herbal anti-depressant I was advised to stop taking it immediately when I started taking anti-depressants from my Dr. S x x x x

Title: Re: can you take mirtazapine with st john's wort ?
Post by: biddie on August 14, 2012, 11:08:23 PM

hi

no you cannot take st johns wort with mirtazapine it will interfer with your meds and they wont have the correct affect  _)_



biddie

Title: Re: can you take mirtazapine with st john's wort ?
Post by: mrmoody on August 14, 2012, 11:17:11 PM

its not reccomended. I think its best to try one or the other but not both at the same time

Title: Re: can you take mirtazapine with st john's wort ?
Post by: Zaf on August 15, 2012, 07:15:22 AM

You should not take sjw with any anti depressants, it can be dangerous

Title: Re: can you take mirtazapine with st john's wort ?
Post by: Got on August 18, 2012, 11:05:20 PM

Saint Johns wort is an anti depressant, and so if you take the two it is equal to taking two kinds of anti depressants at once. If you don't believe in the potency of saint Johns wort, then try feeding it to your cat and see what happens.