Fruit juices and medication interactions
On August 19, 2008, the American Chemical Society's national meeting was
held in Philadelphia. One of the topics presented concerned new findings that
common fruit juices - grapefruit, orange and apple - can interfere with drugs.
The interaction diminishes the body's ability to absorb numerous medications.
Lack of absorbtion was noted in drugs prescribed for life-threatening diseases
such as cancer, heart disease and organ transplants. Research by David Bailey,
a clinical pharmacologist and professor at the University of Western Ontario,
originally uncovered the interaction with a patient's medication and grapefruit
juice. Now, he has further discovered that fruit juices can also block the body's
ability to absorb or limit the beneficial effects of needed medications.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist if the medications you are ingesting can be
taken with fruit juice - OR - just to be safe, try a glass of water. I know I
will from now on.
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