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grapefruit and drugs

The NY Times posted an article on the interaction between drugs and grapefruit. There are now 85 drugs on the market whose potency is dramatically increased if taken with grapefruit, including common cholesterol-lowering drugs, new anti-cancer agents, and some synthetic opiates and psychiatric drugs, as well as certain immunosuppressant medications taken by organ transplant patients, some AIDS medications, and some birth control pills and estrogen treatments.

There is a link to the complete list in the article.

However, just an anecdotal addendum - my goddess mother has been eating fresh grapefruit every morning for 6 or 7 decades. She's 90 years old, still works fulltime, does all her own shopping/cooking/cleaning, has an amazing memory about just about everything ever, and has more energy than a person a third her age. So this information is provided just for awareness' sake.

(Oh, and she has a scotch and bubbly water cocktail or two every single night. Maybe it's the combination of grapefruit and scotch that does the trick.)

kathy Big Grin
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