HYPERICUM AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF AS ANALGESIC POTENTIATING AGENTS

摘要

The use of hypericum or at least one derivative thereof for the preparation of a medicament potentiating the effect of an opiate analgesic, preferably morphine, is described. The invention provides also a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable and active amount of an opiate analgesic and of hypericum or at least one derivative thereof, either in separated or joined formulations.