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  2. Grapefruit–drug interactions - Wikipedia

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    [19] [31] For drugs recently sold on the market, drugs have information pages (monographs) that provide information on any potential interaction between a medication and grapefruit juice. [19] Because there is a growing number of medications that are known to interact with citrus, [ 1 ] patients should consult a pharmacist or physician before ...

  3. Grapefruit juice - Wikipedia

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    Grapefruit and grapefruit juice have been found to interact with numerous drugs, in many cases resulting in adverse effects. [4] This happens in two ways: one is that grapefruit can block an enzyme which metabolizes medication, [5] and if the drug is not metabolized, then the level of the drug in the blood can become too high, leading to an adverse effect. [5]

  4. Grapefruit can interfere with your medications — here's what ...

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    For example, when the blood pressure drug felodipine is taken with grapefruit juice rather than water, levels of the medication in the blood can more than double and result in headache, irregular ...

  5. Grapefruit - Wikipedia

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    Grapefruitdrug interactions are common, as the juice contains furanocoumarins that interfere with the metabolism of many drugs. This can prolong and intensify the effects of those drugs, leading to multiple side-effects such as abnormal heart rhythms, bleeding inside the stomach, low blood pressure, difficulty breathing, and dizziness.

  6. This Is What Happens When You Eat Grapefruit - AOL

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    You’ve heard you shouldn’t drink grapefruit juice to wash down your meds, but you’ve also heard that the pink fruit has health benefits. Here’s what you need to know about grapefruit.

  7. Grapefruit can interfere with your medications — here's what ...

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    A single glass of grapefruit juice can interfere with your body's ability to break down a medication. Here's how to protect your health.

  8. David Bailey (pharmacologist) - Wikipedia

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    Grapefruit decreased drug metabolism in humans, which likely represented the first clinical example of a food producing such an effect. Clinically, the concern is that a single judicious amount of grapefruit ingested even many hours beforehand would noticeably boost oral drug bioavailability and cause overdose toxicity.

  9. Talk:Grapefruit–drug interactions - Wikipedia

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    The Grapefruit-drug interaction article lists Levothyroxine as one of the drugs whose absorption is affected by grapefruit, but the only readily available research online, which is the one cited, ([1]), concluded that "Grapefruit juice may slightly delay the absorption of levothyroxine, but it seems to have only a minor effect on its ...