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Have suffered with moderate depression since my teens and have been taking 900mg st john's wort to treat it myself for years. now want to swap to fluoxetine 20mg, as think it would be more effective. what would the transition ( im terms of dosage) ?
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800mg of St John's Wort has been reported to be equivalent to 20mg of fluoxetine https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10337446/
Answered 4/16/2021
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