Reply to "grapefruit and drugs"

I know that there have been warnings about grapefruit/drug reactions for quite awhile. What I thought was interesting about this article was that it lists the drugs, predicted interaction risk rank, and what the adverse reaction might be. For instance, who would ever think that taking a cardiovascular medication with grapefruit could cause gangrene?

When I was young, there was a warning 'out there' that cranberries caused cancer. That was the entire statement. My cousin, who was/is a medical researcher said that that was true. Shock! But one would have to eat a boxcar load of cranberries every day to get cancer. She said that a boxcar load of just about anything could 'cause' cancer. That's something that's always stuck in some part of my brain - that there are extenuating circumstances and we should be aware of the risks and then make choices.

There are a couple of my drugs on the list and it's great to know what to look for. I eat grapefruit occasionally and probably won't stop because it's so infrequent. But then again, I'd have only me to blame if I 'got' gangrene.

kathy