Grapefruit–medication interactions: Forbidden fruit or avoidable consequences?
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Grapefruit-medication interactions: forbidden fruit or avoidable consequences?
action between grapefruit and certain medications more than 20 years ago. Currently, more than 85 drugs, most of which are available in Canada, are known or predicted to interact with grapefruit. This interaction en hances systemic drug concentration through impaired drug metabolism. Many of the drugs that interact with grapefruit are highly prescribed and are essential for the treatment of imp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120951