Article: The dangers of grapefruit juice

Article: Grapefruit juice and medications: a potenially ...
Charleston Gazette;  July 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... of families in the United States, grapefruit juice has been recognized to contain compounds ... contrary to most other citrus juices, grapefruit juice contains compounds that interact with ... taken at breakfast (with a glass of grapefruit juice), these interactions become potentially ...

Article: GRAPEFRUIT JUICE QUANTITY A FACTOR.(Living)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  March 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... about the drugs that interact with grapefruit juice. Zocor is one of them. For grapefruit juice to affect Zocor, do they have to be ... after taking Zocor that one can drink grapefruit juice without affecting the Zocor, and vice ...

Article: Grapefruit juice may alter effects of drugs
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... discover that drinking a glass of grapefruit juice dangerously increased the drug ... thing that covered the taste was grapefruit juice." So, they used it in their experiment, expecting the grapefruit juice to be irrelevant to their results ...

Article: Grapefruit juice, drugs can pose risk to health
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 29, 1998 ;     698 words ...Do you enjoy grapefruit juice for breakfast? If so, be careful ... or Lipitor. Studies show that grapefruit juice can increase the levels of Mevacor ... in the world to discover that grapefruit juice can raise the level of drugs ...

Article: Drug--grapefruit juice interactions
Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Grapefruit juice, a beverage consumed in large quantities ... inhibition of this enzyme system, grapefruit juice interacts with a variety of medications ... transporter also may be affected by grapefruit juice. This review discusses the proposed ...

Article: Florida Grapefruit Juice is a `Scent'sation in ...
Business Wire;  September 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... print advertising campaign for Florida grapefruit juice that some experts say may spark a ... marketing. Under the tagline, "Florida Grapefruit Juice: Refreshingly All-Natural," the ... enjoyed while drinking a glass of grapefruit juice. The crisp-looking print ad features ...

Article: Clinical effects of grapefruit juice-nifedipine ...
Journal of the National Medical Association;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...C A S E R E P O R T Grapefruit juice is known to increase the oral bioavailability ... altered risk from the interaction of grapefruit juice and nifedipine. We report a case of a nifedipine-grapefruit juice adverse interaction in a Nigerian ...