why should i not eat gratefruit while takeing zocor
2007-12-28 16:35:05 · 6 answers · asked by denver j 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Easier explained if you read this......http://www.neighborhood-heart-watch.org/newsletter/article_202.shtml
2007-12-28 16:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by lemondrop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grapefruit can have a number of interactions with drugs, often increasing the effective potency of compounds. Grapefruit contains naringin, bergamottin and dihydroxybergamottin, which inhibit the cytochrome P450 isoform CYP3A4 in the intestine. It is via inhibition of this enzyme that grapefruit increases the effects of certain drugs. The effect of grapefruit juice with regard to drug absorption was originally discovered in 1989. However, the effect became well-publicized after being responsible for a number of deaths due to overdosing on medication
2007-12-28 16:44:25 · answer #2 · answered by offline256 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can drink Grapefruit Juice just not within 30min of taking your medication.
2016-04-01 23:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To put it simply. Grapefruit increases the absorption of cholesterol meds. Possibly lowering your good cholesterol below the normal level.
2007-12-28 16:59:32 · answer #4 · answered by lavendergoddess1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should you take zocor? That stuff is poison. Do your homework.
2007-12-28 17:31:03 · answer #5 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can cause a nasty and possibly fatal reaction.
2007-12-28 16:43:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋