Eating a grapefruit or consuming its juices while taking certain medications could lead to gastrointestinal bleeding, kidney failure, depressed breathing and sudden death, warns a new paper in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. More than 40 drugs, including anti-cancer agents, heart drugs and central-nervous-system drugs used to treat pain, schizophrenia and other conditions, can lead to significant problems if people on them consume grapefruit. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Bailey DG, et al. Grapefruit-medication interactions: forbidden fruit or avoidable consequences? CMAJ. Online first November 26, 2012.
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