Comment · Fri, November 28, 2025 · ND Owner
Perika discontinued - any plans to take over the SJW extract?
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random-username-666 · 11 points
Hi ND Team! I've learned recently that the only hyperforin-standardized St. John's Wort extract out there, WS5570, sold under the brand Perika by Nature's Way, has been discontinued.
I know ND has been looking to do an SJW extract like WS5570 for a while, but has always run into a brick wall with Nature's Way owning the patent/rights/whatever, but perhaps now that they've abandoned their WS5570 product, ND could pick it up and offer a WS5570 product of their own? It's truly been one of the few things that has worked for my mom to help with depression and effectively get off SSRIs. Would be a shame to lose this helpful tool!
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Damn, I wonder why they discontinued it? They had a patent on the technology to seal it from oxygen, which is what breaks down the hyperforin. We'd have to come up with a way to stabilize the hyperforin in our formula. I can look into it.