Extra Strength Continence Max

Extra Strength Continence Max

Solaray4.7 (24 ratings)
Format:Capsule Quantity: 90 Capsule(s) · 30 servings
Goals
$43.39 $1.44 per serving

Product analysis

46 out of 100

Extra Strength Continence Max combines herbs and GABA, but its unnamed herbal blend makes suitability harder to check. St. John's wort can interfere with many medicines, including contraceptive pills and blood thinners.

AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works

Nutrient Quality31

The ingredient forms do not provide enough information for a confident quality judgment. The unnamed herbal blend adds uncertainty because its components cannot be checked separately.

Ingredient Transparency62

Serving amounts are stated, but several forms and the herbal blend's ingredients are not. The total blend amount cannot tell you which herbs it contains or how much of each you receive.

Value For Money40

There is not enough reliable information to judge whether the ingredients justify the cost. The price alone cannot resolve uncertainty about the preparations and herbal blend.

Customer Satisfaction71

The available ratings are very positive. The small number of reviews makes that feedback less dependable than a larger body of customer experience.

Product Focus40

The mood-related evidence does not establish everyday mood benefits from this particular preparation. St. John's wort also has medicine interactions that materially affect who can use it.

Format
Capsule
Container
90 Capsule(s)
Per serving
$1.44
Customer rating
4.7 · 24 ratings
Report analysis

Goals

Mood Support
Impact
Moderate effect
C- Ingredient FitF PathwaysB+ EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic

St. John's wort has a connection with treating diagnosed depression using particular extracts, but that doesn't tell you whether this preparation improves everyday mood in healthy adults. Extracts aren't interchangeable. It can also weaken oral contraceptives, anticoagulants and many other medicines, so medication interactions materially affect its suitability.

How this product is rated for Mood Support

Ingredient fit59

The ingredient choice relates to mood, although the practical benefit depends on the ingredient and preparation.
Goal fit
GABA and St. John's Wort is the main relevant ingredient here.
Dose adequacy
St. John's Wort provides 300 mg per serving. This amount alone does not predict mood improvement.

Pathways11

The main connection involves chemical signals associated with mood; that role alone does not guarantee a mood improvement.
Depth
The main connection involves chemical signals associated with mood; that role alone does not guarantee a mood improvement.
Breadth
Connections with mood-related processes do not predict how much your emotional well-being will change.

Evidence84

Specific St. John's wort extracts concern diagnosed depression; routine benefit in healthy adults remains unclear.
Evidence strength
Specific St. John's wort extracts concern diagnosed depression; routine benefit in healthy adults remains unclear.
Studied preparation
Defined extracts are not interchangeable, and the product alone cannot show whether the same benefit applies.

Formulation logic100

No particular ingredient conflict is identified. The combination itself does not show how much your mood will change.
Partner coverage
No additional partner is required by the ingredient relationships described here.
Conflicts
No particular conflict between the declared ingredients is identified.
Effective doses
The relevant amounts are declared, but they do not guarantee an individual mood benefit.
Study evidence
GABA Supportive 12 studies

Ingredients

IngredientAmount per servingScore
Total Carbohydrates
1 Gram(s)
Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) (root extract) (Sesquiterpenes)
150 mg
St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) (aerial extract) (Hypericin)
300 mg 0
GABA
25 mg
Flowtrol(TM) Herbal Control Blend
1080 mg
Adults 18–50
Report overview
F Composition And Label Disclosure
A serving lists 300 mg of St. John's wort. No warning is captured in the saved facts; that does not establish whether one appears on the label.
How this ingredient is rated

Composition and Label Disclosure

No separate quality or bioavailability assessment is provided in the saved evaluation.

Composition and Label Disclosure0

A serving lists 300 mg of St. John's wort. No warning is captured in the saved facts; that does not establish whether one appears on the label.
Explicit Label Detail
No warning is captured in the saved facts; that does not establish whether one appears on the label.

Commercial Price and Usability

The whole-product serving costs about $1.45; no separate value assessment is provided.
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Sources

Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.

  1. Oral intake of γ-aminobutyric acid affects mood and activities of central nervous system during stressed condition induced by mental tasks.
    Yoto A; Murao S; Motoki M; Yokoyama Y; Horie N; Takeshima K; Masuda K; Kim M; Yokogoshi H · Amino acids · 2012
    Randomized trial63 participantsMood Support forGABA
  2. Peripartum neuroactive steroid and γ-aminobutyric acid profiles in women at-risk for postpartum depression.
    Deligiannidis KM; Kroll-Desrosiers AR; Mo S; Nguyen HP; Svenson A; Jaitly N; Hall JE; Barton BA; Rothschild AJ; Shaffer SA · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2017
    Cohort study56 participantsMood Support forGABA
  3. The role of neurotransmitters in mediating the relationship between brain alterations and depressive symptoms in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
    Wang J; Liu G; Xu K; Ai K; Huang W; Zhang J · Human brain mapping · 2023
    Case-control study69 participantsMood Support forGABA
  4. Occipital gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate-glutamine alterations in major depressive disorder: An mrs study and meta-analysis.
    Truong V; Cheng PZ; Lee HC; Lane TJ; Hsu TY; Duncan NW · Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging · 2021
    Observational studyMood Support forGABA
  5. Systematic review of gamma-aminobutyric-acid inhibitory deficits across the reproductive life cycle.
    Vigod SN; Strasburg K; Daskalakis ZJ; Blumberger DM · Archives of women's mental health · 2014
    Systematic review11 studies pooledMood Support forGABA
  6. St John's wort for major depression.
    Linde K; Berner MM; Kriston L · The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2009
    Systematic review5,489 participants29 studies pooledMood Support forSt. John's Wort
  7. Efficacy of St. John's wort extract WS 5570 in major depression: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
    Lecrubier Y; Clerc G; Didi R; Kieser M · The American journal of psychiatry · 2002
    Randomized trial375 participantsMood Support forSt. John's Wort
  8. A systematic review and meta-analysis of Hypericum perforatum in depression: a comprehensive clinical review.
    Whiskey E; Werneke U; Taylor D · International clinical psychopharmacology · 2002
    Meta-analysis22 studies pooledMood Support forSt. John's Wort
  9. Efficacy and tolerability of hypericum extract WS 5572 versus placebo in mildly to moderately depressed patients. A randomized double-blind multicenter clinical trial.
    Kalb R; Trautmann-Sponsel RD; Kieser M · Pharmacopsychiatry · 2001
    Randomized trial72 participantsMood Support forSt. John's Wort
  10. Complementary therapies for clinical depression: an overview of systematic reviews.
    Haller H; Anheyer D; Cramer H; Dobos G · BMJ open · 2020
    Systematic review26 studies pooledMood Support forSt. John's Wort