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Why are heart pts, if they're on some prescription meds, told to avoid grapefruit? many thanks for any insights.
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Grapefruit - problem: Grapefruit may cause an increase in the amount of some medications (interaction), which can leas to side effects. Therefore, those medications and grapefruit (or juice) should not be taken at the same time.
Answered 6/26/2020
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Interaction: Grapefruit interacts with a lot of medications making them more potent or less effective.
Answered 7/1/2013
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