Grapefruit and Medications Perscribed for Treating Infections Don't Mix

Grapefruit has a good reputation for helping to lower cholesterol and potentially helping to fight cancer - but could it cause problems with your medications?  If you are taking certain medication along with grapefruit or grapefruit juice, the results could be fatal.  From a simplistic description of the enzymes at work to its interactions with medicinal drugs, this article sheds some light on why grapefruit juice and medications for infections don't mix.

Recently, Grapefruit has been getting considerable attention for its interactions with many commonly prescribed drugs that we use in our day-to-day lives. Previously, pharmacists often suggested that medications that do not taste good may be taken with a glass of grapefruit juice.

However, today, many experts now recommend that you should not mix grapefruit juice and medications.

On the other hand, this interaction can sometimes be taken advantage of either to increase the bio-availability of the drug or to reduce the required dosage in order to get the higher desired serum concentration of the drug.

This article examines the various suggested and not suggested interactions of grapefruit juice and medications. The descriptions are slightly technical for the average reader and hence it has been simplified as much as possible to make it readable, while still providing important technical information for professional readers.

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