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Wendy | Report | 26 Nov 2012 17:42 |
just read a news item that states grapefruit can effect some medicine,causing too much absorbtion ,whether its the fruit or the fruit juice quite serious side effects.so be careful people,i love grapefruit but cant have any coz im on blood pressure pills. |
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JustGinnie | Report | 26 Nov 2012 18:01 |
Thanks for the info Wendy, I did know already as my OH can't have grapefruit because of his meds. Doesn't bother him as he doesn't like it anyway. :-) |
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JustJohn | Report | 26 Nov 2012 18:01 |
Wendy We did have a thread a couple of months ago about grapefruit and statins (BP pills). |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 26 Nov 2012 18:03 |
I think it's true of several medicines - it's certainly on the pharmacy labels on two sorts of my blood pressure pills and I seem to remember it was on one of the things I was given for hayfever (mercifully grown out of that one). It is worth reading the small print in all those leaflets - though be careful not to imagine yourself into all the side effects listed as possible! |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 26 Nov 2012 18:55 |
I can't have grapefruit ..on BP pills ,Statins , and allopurinol for gout...and that one says no grapefruit. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 26 Nov 2012 19:38 |
what I found really scary about that article was the number of drugs which are now interacting with grapefruit ................. |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 26 Nov 2012 19:41 |
John - just perhaps a detail but maybe you should know! it's on my simvastatin too - but it's to control cholesterol (I read small print once again before writing this just in case it was me getting it wrong!) |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 26 Nov 2012 19:47 |
I can't have grapefruit as I'm on Atorvastatin - only discovered about the dangers by accident |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 26 Nov 2012 19:53 |
I'm on simvastatin, and every time I get a refill there is a yellow warning sticker on the vial that says to avoid grapefruit |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 26 Nov 2012 20:06 |
Cranberry juice is another normally healthy drink which is best avoided if you are on certain medication, ie. Warfarin. |
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JustJohn | Report | 26 Nov 2012 23:50 |
Elizabeth |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 27 Nov 2012 00:10 |
statins are for high cholesterol - mine's in double figures without statins |
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LadyScozz | Report | 27 Nov 2012 00:35 |
I take blood pressure medication. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 27 Nov 2012 00:38 |
Gwyn - I just noticed your post re Warfirin. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 27 Nov 2012 01:11 |
Scozz |
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LadyScozz | Report | 27 Nov 2012 05:02 |
Sylvia, I know. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 27 Nov 2012 06:05 |
Scozz, I think Warfarin is designed to prevent blood clots, it thins the blood so that it can flow easily round the body altho it can cause problems if the person cuts themselves and before any operation, the patient has to stop taking the Warfarin some days before hand, as happened to my o.h.'s dad recently when he had his hip replacement done. |
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JustJohn | Report | 27 Nov 2012 10:12 |
You have got me worried now. I take aspirin every day to thin my blood (for 9 years now) |
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'Emma' | Report | 27 Nov 2012 10:57 |
My OH is on Statin,MonomaxXL, aspirin and Atenol and is not |
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LadyScozz | Report | 27 Nov 2012 10:58 |
Mum was getting forgetful, she had a sectioned box with her medication sorted out for a month. I think she may have got weeks mixed up and taken a double dose of her meds. |