Full list of medicines that can adversely interact with grapefruit
cmaj.caThis might be relevant to your interests. I had to give up my daily breakfast grapefruit years ago because of the antidepressant I take. Now it seems even more medicines may force patients to treat grapefruit as literally forbidden fruit.
(From the Dec. 3rd issue of Consumer World’s weekly newsletter.)
More Drugs Interact with Grapefruit
Last week, scientists announced that 26 new drugs have been reported to adversely interact with grapefruit juice , and should not be consumed together. The interaction often heightens the effect of the drugs, mimicking an overdose. One pill could equal twenty. Here is the full list of 85 drugs and the level of possible harm.
Thank you, MadLadyRandom! Very useful information, especially since it’s currently citrus season here in the US!
The Canada Pharmacy Provides The Very Essential Medications For The Users
jsmea.comIf you are willing to get any medications for your self than it is not so difficult, as there are so many pharmacies available in the market as well as online also.
TSK: Your choice of analogy says a lot about you
- Cranquis: So is the Zofran [ondansetron, an anti-emetic] controlling your vomiting episodes?
- 18-year-old female: Oh yeah! When I take one of those, I feel like I could drink like 6 Jaeger Bombs without hurling!
- Cranquis: Please, please don't actually do that.
- Patient: Oh. No. Of course not. It was just an example.
Being a caregiver is becoming a fact of life
amplify.comThe typical caregiver is a working woman, 49, who also cares for her mother 20 hours a week. The newest figures, released in July by AARP, show that about 42.1 million Americans in 2009 regularly helped an adult loved one with tasks such as cooking, bathing, paying bills, visiting physicians and managing medications. That number, which equals about one in seven Americans, rose 24% from 2007.
What Bill Gates Says About Drug Companies
forbes.comFew outsiders have had as clear a view of the drug business as Gates. Over the past decade, Gates has relied on giants like Merck, Pfizer, and Sanofi-Aventis to provide the vaccines that are a lynchpin of his charitable work.
An app to remind you to take your medications ?
amplify.comWhatever the reason, medication non-adherence is an expensive and potentially deadly problem, resulting in 89,000 deaths and $100 billion per year in unnecessary hospital costs. The American Heart Association reports that medication non-adherence is the number one problem in treating illness today. Now some are suggesting that an app might help patients stay compliant when it comes to medications but that is shortsighted thinking.
