Grapefruit alert/effects on medications

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Now that Grapefruit season is here, be alert to the effects upon

certain medications like anti-depressants, cholesterol lowering

agents, Viagra, Prozac, BuSpar, Tegretol, Lipitor, Verapamil,

Prednisone (more below)

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN00413

http://bipolar.about.com/od/medications/f/faq_grapefruitj.htm

Anafranil

Clozaril

Elavil (Amitriptyline)

Halcion

Haldol

Luvoxx

Seroquel

Serzone

Trazodone

Valium

Versed

Zoloft

Some antibiotics and birth control pills

The juice could also affect the effectiveness of a woman's hormone-

replacement-therapy medication.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050124010803.htm

Affecting the effectiveness of many types of medications, grapefruit

side-effects can range from low energy to kidney failure.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Grapefruit-and-Medication-

Interactions & id=1687014

More at http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update0206d.shtml

(includes tangelos and Seville oranges

Still more at http://www.vhpharmsci.com/Newsletters/1990s-

NEWS/Article22.htm and

http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update0206d.shtml

More at http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?

articlekey=14760

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14760

Prozac, BuSpar, Tegretol, Lipitor, Verapamil, Prednisone