Is St. John's Wort Safe with oral contraceptives?
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Do not take St. John's Wort while using hormonal oral contraceptives. Use an additional non-hormonal contraceptive method if exposure has occurred, and consult your healthcare provider about alternative depression treatments.
Why this interaction occurs
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Evidence
Evidence level: strong.
Data source
PubMed - PMID 18637192
Reported safety data
The FDA’s adverse event reporting system (FAERS) has received 22,854 reports mentioning oral contraceptives. This reflects reported cases involving the medication in general — not confirmed causation, and not specific to the oral contraceptives + supplement combination on this page.
FAERS reports are voluntary and cannot prove that a drug caused an event. Do not use report counts to assess the safety of this specific drug-supplement pair.
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