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St. John’s wort is a yellow flowering plant, the extract of which is used in herbal tinctures and pills. It has been a popular remedy for depression in Europe for about 15 years, according to Newsweek. More than 50 percent of depression, anxiety and sleep disorders in Germany are treated with hypericum, according to the “Hypericum and Depression” Web page. The National Institute of Men tal Health is funding a multimil lion-dollar trial to test the flower’s effectiveness in treating depression. In the meantime, so many peo ple are trying St. John’s wort that many companies are having dif ficulty keeping up with the de mand, according to MSNBC. Be cause it is an herbal product and considered a dietary supplement, anyone can buy it. St. John’s wort is primarily dis cussed as an alternative to tradi tional antidepressants. Accord ing to the Web page, it is difficult to nail down other specific ill nesses hypericum can be used to treat because many of them, such as eating disturbances, fatigue and sleeping irregularities, are symptoms of depression. “Depression is a biochemical imbalance in the brain,” accord ing to Web site. “Low levels of three neurotransmitters — the chemicals the brain uses to com municate with itself — have been pinpointed as the cause of de pression: serotonin, an adequate Hypericum used to be consid ered a Monoamine oxidase in hibitor, or an MAO inhibitor, which works at a different part of the chemical process, Disher said. “If it is a MAO inhibitor, that is only one of its many properties, and it's a very small part,” he said. Traditional MAO inhibitors can have drastic side effects, Disher said, so they are not used as antidepressants much any supply ot which heals the bottomless ness of depres sion; norepi nephrine, which adds en ergy and alert ness; and dopamine, (( It’s being used more and more frequently [at the health center], William Disher Student Health Center doctor more. “They have potentially fa tal side effects when mixed with certain foods — wine, cheese and so forth,” he said. which as the name implies ... makes you feel good.” Hypericum, however, doesn’t appear to cause the same prob Hypericum works as a re-up take inhibitor for those three chemicals, according to the Web page. In this way, St. John’s wort works like traditional serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, including Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft and Trazadone. Dr. William Disher of the Stu dent Health Center said serotonin re-uptake inhibitors work to com bat depression by blocking the chemical reaction that brings ac tive serotonin back into the neu ron and forcing it back into the brain. Disher said the bottom line is that inhibitors keep serotonin working and circulating in the brain. lems, Disher said. The potential side effects, which include photosensitivity, sluggishness, headaches and skin sensitivity, occur at very low rates, Disher said. “I personally haven’t seen any body with serious side effects,” he said. But Disher warned against self medication, suggesting students consult a practitioner before tak ing St. John’s wort. “It’s being used more and more frequently (at the health center],” Disher said. The students taking St. John’s wort have had “varying results,” he said, ranging from very good to minimal changes. Crime: Motel, restaurant also taraeted ■ Continued from Page 1 hair and blue eyes and wearing a black bandana over his face, a black coat, black gloves and black jeans. The second suspect is described as a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 145 pounds, with brown eyes and wearing a red bandana, a maroon-hooded sweatshirt and baggy pants. The third robbery occurred just after 9 p.m. at the Glenwood Restaurant at 2588 Willamette St. The suspect entered the restaurant, which was closing, through a rear door. He met three employees inside the restaurant, pointed a pistol-grip shotgun at them, threatened to shoot and demanded money. He was given an undisclosed amount of money and fled in an un known direction. The robbery was reported almost simultaneously by a 911 call and by an employee contacting a patrol car which was in the area. The suspect is believed to be a white male in his early 20s, 6 feet tall, 165 pounds and wearing a black full-face ski mask, a dark “starter’s jacket” with no insignia and dark jeans. Eugene police officers did extensive area checks in all of these cases but were unable to locate the suspects involved. As of Sunday evening, no arrests had been made, and no further information was available on any of the cases. The IT CURRICULUM Information Technology & Computing Workshops Winter 1998 The Internet * Email * Basic UNIX * Microsoft Word * Macintosh * Surfing the Web * Windows 95 * PowerPoint * Computer Viruses * Job Hunting on the Internet * Web Publishing * Using Janus * Virtual Reality * Searching the Web * UNIX Security * Photoshop * Using Multimedia Software Free workshops for all UO students, staff and faculty No registration - just show up Many workshops are hands on Copies of the Winter 1998 workshop schedule are available in libraries and computing labs, and on the web at <http://libweb.uoregon.edu/it/>. For more information, contact the Office of Library Instruction: 346-1817 or <cbell@darkwing.uoregon.edu>.
