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Old Aug 10, 2019, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by bluebicycle View Post
Ohh yes. There is a well-known interaction with grapefruit juice and medication. The grapefruit juice affects the way medications are metabolized in the body, and so the medications essentially become "toxins" because they are not fully metabolized and sit in the liver, which is only meant to break things down and excrete them.

Sorry you had to experience this interaction. I wish your doctors would have warned you about grapefruit juice.
I knew about the interaction but was too manic to do the right thing. If my hubby had known about the interaction he would致e been on guard duty
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