Of potential relevance to this issue, Gryzlak recently reported that 13 percent of adverse events associated with SJW reported to poison control centers were suspected suicidal cases, further noting that
this raises the possibility that SJW, similar to conventional antidepressants, could worsen depression or increase the risk for suicidal.
When weighing the specific findings presented here, or those related to other alternative pharmaco therapies, there are other issues that clinicians should consider.
Key among them is that the regulations that govern the manufacture and sale of dietary supplement products are less restrictive than those overseeing the manufacture and sale of conventional antidepressants