Grapefruit juice

A drink derived from a fruit rich in chemicals called flavonoids, which impair the metabolism of drugs processed by the liver’s cytochrome P 450 system. Patients should be advised that the juice alters the performance of several important drugs, including warfarin, steroids, calcium channel blockers, statins, second-generation antihistamines, protease inhibitors, and others.


 


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