Not too many years ago, it was found that drinking grapefruit juice while taking certain medications could affect the medication, making it much stronger than it should be. Since then, there have been warnings to check with your pharmacist if you like to drink grapefruit juice. It’s not that you can’t have it, it’s just that you shouldn’t drink it within a certain time of having your meds.
Medications affected by grapefruit juice include medications to treat high cholesterol, such as simvastatin (Zocor), lovastatin (Mevacor), and atorvastatin (Lipitor); for seizures, carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Tegretol); blood pressure medications, felodipine (Plendil), nifedipine (Procardia), nimodipine …read more