Reminder About Grapefruit And Certain Medications

Here you can find information on medications found by the members of this discussion board to be generally safe and effective, and to minimize the risk of provoking a microscopic colitis flare or relapse.

Moderators: Rosie, Jean, CAMary, moremuscle, JFR, Dee, xet, Peggy, Matthew, Gabes-Apg, grannyh, Gloria, Mars, starfire, Polly, Joefnh, mbeezie

Post Reply
User avatar
tex
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 35068
Joined: Tue May 24, 2005 9:00 am
Location: Central Texas

Reminder About Grapefruit And Certain Medications

Post by tex »

Hi All,

Most of us are aware of this, but in case anyone has forgotton about it, always be careful when eating grapefruit, if you are taking certain meds. Some meds are unaffected, and some have only minor changes in their behavior, but there are a few meds for which grapefruit can cause severe, (life-threatening), situations. Here is a list of meds which are affected by grapefruit, and the known effects:

http://www.fhma.com/grapefruit.htm

Also, here is an article by CBS News, that includes a list of medications known to be affected by grapefruit. This list contains some medications that are not on the other list:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/ ... 8105.shtml

Tex
:cowboy:

It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Information on Medications”