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Can you drink grapefruit juice while taking perindopril?
The warning label for Cardura does not say anything about grapefruit or grapefruit juice. Therefore, it should be safe to drink grapefruit juice while taking this medication.
Can you eat grapefruit when taking Seroquel and what are the risks?
Limit the amount of grapefruit or grapefruit juice you may eat or drink while being treated with this medication, unless directed otherwise. Grapefruit juice may increase the amount of certain medications in your bloodstream. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details. It's a good idea to talk with your pharmacist before eating lot's of grapefruit, or citrus juice, some medications it interacts with how the medication works.
Does orange juice intensify the effects of xanax?
No, the syngergistic effect is exclusive to grapefruit juice. Grapefruit juice is broken down by the same enzyme in the stomach as benzodiazepines, so more of the drug enters your bloodstream if your stomach is "busy" breaking down the grapefruit juice.
Can I take mifeprin along with food?
Yes, Mifeprin can be taken with food, except for grapefruit or grapefruit juice. But consult your doctor if you have questions about the medication you are taking.
What else besides grapefruit will help burn fat I can't have grapefruit due to high cholesteral.?
Cranberry juice has a diaretic effect
What medicines are effected by grapefruit juice?
That depends upin the meds. Some medication should not be taken with certain foods because it increased or decreased the rate at which the it is absorbed into your blood. To have a full answer you need to be specific about the medication you are on.
Does Mountain Dew have any grapefruit juice or grapefruit related ingredients in it that could cause a problem for people taking cholesteral medication?
No, Mountain Dew contains orange juice and citrus "flavors"; these would not affect your medications.
Why patients taking theophylline should not take grape juice?
You can drink grape juice when taking theophylline. What you should not drink is grapefruit juice. This is because grapefruit juice can decreae the effects of taking theophylline. However, at this time, it has not been determined how serious this effect is.
Does sprite have grapefruit juice in it?
Sprite does not have grapefruit juice. There is a grapefruit juice which has sprite in it. You can add sprite to nearly any drink to make a spritzer.
What is in grapefruit that makes it interact with medicines?
A daily glass of grapefruit juice or half of a grapefruit for breakfast is normally considered a healthy diet choice: that grapefruit delivers vitamin C, fiber, and potassium. However, grapefruit can be dangerous if taken along with certain of the statin class of cholesterol-lowering prescription medicines.Grapefruit and grapefruit juice interact with multiple prescription medicines, and consuming grapefruit while on these medications can be dangerous. In fact, there are many medications that interact with grapefruit, including the cholesterol-lowering statins Zocor (simvastatin), Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Pravachol (pravastatin).Which Medications Interact With Grapefruit?Grapefruit should be avoided (or minimized - best bet is to discuss with your doctor) when taking a surprisingly broad group of medicines. According to the FDA's Grapefruit Juice and Medicine May Not Mix, grapefruit can interfere with certain of the cholesterol-lowering statins as listed above, some blood-pressure medications, some antihistamines, as well as other drug classes.How Does Grapefruit Interact With Prescription Medicines?Essentially, the juice of grapefruit changes the absorption of certain drugs into the bloodstream. Katherine Zeratsky, a Mayo Clinic Nutritionist, explains, "Problems arise because chemicals in the fruit can interfere with the enzymes that break down (metabolize) the medication in your digestive system. As a result, the medication may stay in your body for too short or too long a time. A medication that's broken down too quickly won't have time to work. On the other hand, a medication that stays in the body too long can increase to potentially dangerous levels, causing serious side effects." For statins in particular, grapefruit juice increases the level of statin in the blood, to a potentially dangerous level.What If I Take My Prescription Hours After Eating Grapefruit?Though eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice hours before or after taking a prescription medicine seems a good strategy, it is not. Shiew Mei Huang, acting director of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Clinical Pharmacology, explains, "Drinking grapefruit juice several hours before or several hours after you take your medicine may still be dangerous, so it's best to avoid or limit consuming grapefruit juice or fresh grapefruit when taking certain drugs.ConclusionFor those not on prescription medication of any sort, grapefruit and grapefruit juice are a terrific nutritional choice. But if you take any prescription medication - especially statins to lower cholesterol - you should avoid grapefruit and grapefruit juice, or at least discuss with your doctor.Did You Know?Grapefruit juice decreases the effectiveness of allergy medications like Allegra (fexofenadine) by inhibiting the absorption of the drug itself. It may be less effective with apple and orange juice as well, so the fexofenadine label states "do not take with fruit juices."
Should you drink grapefruit juice with your medications?
No. Some medications give instructions not to have grapefruit juice with the medicine. I know statins are explicit about not having grapefruit juice.
Tomato juice is 10x more basic that grapefruit juice If the pH of grapefruit juice is 3 what is the pH of tomato juice?
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