Posted on 12/18/2012 8:13:07 PM PST by neverdem
What happened to JA?
Regarding the grapefruit juice, I’d drink it instead. Skip the pharmaceuticals, they are all poison to me.
Merry Christmas all!
My son emailed a similar story to me last week because he knows I usually slog my small handful of daily vitamins down with grapefruit juice. It never seemed to bother me, but now I wonder if there is any positive or adverse effect on my vitamins (Ester-C cap, B-Complex cap, D gelcap, CoEnzyme Q10 gelcap)?
Certain chemicals that grapefruit products and citrus fruits contain can interfere with the enzymes that break down (metabolize) various medications in your digestive system. As a result, more medication stays in your body. This can increase the potency of your medication to potentially dangerous levels, causing serious side effects.
I’m warned not to eat natural licorice while taking my B.P. medication. Until I read that I wasn’t even aware that there was a “natural” and “unnatural” licorice.
I just heard about Judith Anne via FReepmail. It’s removed.
They finally have a safe drug that cures everything:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP9B3NBFD2M
I just read that she had a stroke and died shortly afterwards.
I actually take extra-strength licorice extract while taking my statin (I realize you are not talking about a statin). But the extract is deglycyrrhizinated and it was that part that would cause you problems.
She may still be reading threads in heaven; wouldn’t half surprise me. By now she could post some really definitive comments in the religion threads!
Oh dear! I am so sorry! Nice woman, I hate it when folks pass. I will pray for her soul. God Bless.
Earl Grey Tea also has a reaction with medications. You have to read the box and medication literature to find that out.
Yup. I completely avoid grape fruit juice because of it’s interactions with prescription meds. Checking drug/food interactions is just as important as checking drug/drug interactions.
Rc!, that is great!
I take Norvasc & Diovan for blood pressure, and thank God for waking up each day.
On to my NW SC country paradise at the end of the year.
Red Grapefruit juice is my favorite juice to mix with club soda. However, since I take verapamil, I just don’t do grapefruit other than maybe once a year.
Lately my blood pressure has trended up, so maybe I should treat my self a little and have 1/4 or 1/2 cup. LOL.
I'm on a successful diet that excludes my favorite foods that started it all.
Excluded: chocolate, cabbage, nuts, okra, spinach, celery, kohlrabi, soy, beans, seasoned meats, milk and colored beverages.
Google oxalates.
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Wowzers.
google chanca piedra
this supplement breaks up kidney stones
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Thanks, neverdem, for the ping.
The drug, verapamil, featured in the lead, is one I take daily. I’m frightened to hear that it can cause heart block when interacting with grapefruit, but it does indeed prevent vicious migraine attacks.
I’m off grapefruit!
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