If i take one st johns wort will it still affect the pill?

Hi.,, im having the same problem finding out the answer to this. My doctor said that i could take them in my 7 days free from taking the pill, but even with his advice (and he is a very good doctor) i still don't know if i would risk it, and like someone else has answered surely we would have to take St Johns Wort everyday for it to work effectively as with any vitamins.

So for now im not going to take St Johns Wort until i can find out alittle more about it, i wouldn't want to risk falling pregnent again, im 36 and have two wonderful children don't think i cope with having any more.

good luck in finding out your anwer to this :o)

Yes. It can have an effect on both of those. Particularly birth control pills it -definitely- stops from working properly. Based on how it interferes with medications (CYP3A4 induction) if I were to pick any two random medications on the planet, St. John's Wort would have a serious interaction with one of them. A bare minimum of 50% of medicines are broken down by CYP3A4, and the way St. John's Wort works can actually be life threatening if you're taking certain seizure medications, antibiotics, or blood pressure medications. It depends on what the inhaler is. Because most inhalers are locally acting, the clearance of the medication by the liver isn't as much of an issue as it is with many others.

i wouldn't risk taking the St Johns Wort. I used to take it but got put back on the Pill by my obgyn for HRT as I am pre-menopausal and have had to go back to Evening Primrose instead as it is safer.

Probably, I think if you stop taking the pill or miss 12 hours you have a higher chance on conceiving for 7 days until the pill kicks in again.

it might..but then again it might not..but i wouldnt bother..cuz 4 a st johns pill to work u hav to take them everyday

Go and ask your chemist after all they have at least 7 years of basic training and ongoing after that

consult your doctor, pharmasist, or a PDR (you can google this and type in the medication that you are on)

it might, i wouldn't risk it.