mixing meds and grapefruit

[henryfm]

A couple of the tablets I take daily say I should avoid (Amlodipine) or limit (statin) grapefruit intake. They mention raw grapefruit and graprfruit juice. What about grapefruit marmalade? Is that OK.

I know this is off-message for "Men's Health", but HealthUnlocked did not offer a general forum or even the Healthy Living forum I had also selected.

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All I have seen appears to indicate that grapefruit in all its forms, as well as marmalade made with Seville oranges, should be avoided. However, I would advise you to take advice from your pharmacist

[CHPA]

If you Google it, there are some good write ups online. The long and short of it is there is something unique to grapefruit which cause a build up of certain medication components which can be toxic.

That said I have the occasional grape fruit or grapefruit juice... very occasional. And I’m still fine. I think it is daily intake you want to avoid.

[colinlyne in reply to CHPA]

It is the amount of furanocoumarins that cause the problem in gratefruit, and these react with quite a few medications.