Grapefruit Juice and Medication
Grapefruit Juice and Medication
Fri Sep 26,11:47 PM ET Add Health - HealthDay to My Yahoo!
(HealthDayNews) — A glass of grapefruit juice is an excellent and delicious way to start the day. But the fruit juice also causes the body to absorb greater amounts of certain medications, according to Montana State University-Northern.
Some drugs that interact this way with grapefruit juice include calcium-channel blockers such as felodipine (Plendil), nifedipine (Adalat, Procardia), and verapamil (Calan, Verelan), as well as the tranquilizers midazolam (Versed) and triazolam (Halcion).
If you do take any of these drugs, often drink grapefruit juice, and haven’t noticed any ill effects — discuss the matter with your doctor anyway, just in case.
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