Venetron® Shows Great Potential for Healthier Outcomes

Depression and anxiety are quite common in the general population due to genetic causes and the stresses of modern life. In response, the therapeutic medications produced by the pharmaceutical industry, while powerful, have not proven adequate solutions, since many side effects are known to occur with prescription drugs. In the natural products industry, there have been few new offerings since St. John’s Wort became a big hit in the ’90s but was later found to have many adverse effects in people using other medications. The pervasiveness of anxiety among Americans makes it by far one of the largest disorders, afflicting 40 million adults or 18 percent of the adult population (Kessler 2005, U.S. Census 2005). The pharmaceutical support commonly prescribed is problematic for many. Tranquilizers for anxiety are addictive and can cause depression. Antidepressants are known to have numerous and unpleasant side effects such as cardiac events, fatigue, weight gain, and decreased libido, driving down their rates of compliance. But even dietary supplements have drawbacks. St. John’s Wort has unwanted interactions with prescription medications (Carlo 2001), kava was implicated in serious cases of liver damage, and 5-HTP is known to cause nausea and diarrhea (Thal 1980).