Did you know Grapefruits are dangerous if you take some medicines?

good morning, another early bird. lol. yes, i knew that because i'm not suppose to eat them w/someof my meds. i love grapefruit. my neighbor bought some from a peddler other day that comes through every year. i use to buy from him myself when i had the store. she gave me 3 of them & they were soooooooo good. i couldn't resist them. i have never understood why they do that. hope u have a good weekend. jo

I have heard that; a few of my friends have been told by the doctor not to drink grapefruit juice or eat them because of thier medication. One frined is on a birth control one and one friend is on an antidepressant one-niether of those medications though I found on the list which is kind of alarming. I just wonder why grapefruits? Other fruits are very similar and have never been names like oranges and other citrus fruits.

Hi Jenn hope u must be doing well well grapefruit is considered a good fruit to burn ur fats, to metaboloise ur stomach and other body Functions but never know about it now i will read it and sprtead it to friends Take care

I do not take medicines regularly at all but it is good to be informed. Many times it is the lack of little vital informations such as this which cause lives. I dont particularly like grapefruits and really ony eat it if it is very sweet. My mom loves them much more and she is not on any form of medications either.

Awesome! None of my medications are on either list! Although I'm not a big fan of grapefruit, I do like an occasional one. What confuses me is that they say to not take certain medications WITH grapefruit or grapefruit juice. I've always thought that you could eat grapefruit, but only hours before or after taking your meds. Whether this affects the medication levels or not I still don't know. I'm a fan of holistic and alternative medicines and would love to be completely free of prescription meds one day so I could safely consume all the grapefruit I'd like because of it's cancer-fighting properties. That is a great site for learning more about natural healing... thanks so much for posting it!

I am careful some foods cannot eat together, but I never realize the grapes and juice are affecting the medications. I will definitely study the article and be very careful when taking the medicines. Thanks for sharing the information.

Taht's good to know although I'm not a fan too of grapefruits...I'll check this out..just in case. Thanks.

I am really wonder to seeing you discussion so and i have seen that link which you have send for us so i came to know today lot things so have you ever eat more grapes.

Yes, I have. I know medications for high cholesterol are definitely a no-no with grapefruit, and the msg is posted right on the bottle. I was taking meds for my high cholesterol for a couple of months but they started making me sick and psychotic, so I quit. Guess I can eat grapefruit now, LOL ...

I have heard that, not just about grapefruit, but other foods as well. I know you are not to take some pills with milk, etc. It is always good to look up or find out what you can and cannot have with certain meds and even supplements. There are websites where you can look it up just by doing a search.

Hey Jen! Yes, I did know about grapefruit and it's interactions with certain kinds of medications! One of the medicines that I take has a warning on the label that I shouldn't eat any grapefruit or grapefruit product! I don't know if it's my cholesterol or blood pressure meds! It's one of them that I have been taking for years now. I happen to love grapefruits and grapefruit juice so I was always kind of annoyed about this and wondered what would really happen to me if I did eat something! Well, after reading this article and the one about the woman who almost lost her leg because she formed a bloodclot from a grapefruit diet I'm convinced that I just will have to live without grapefruits! At list I'll live!

Thanks for providing this useful suggestion . But I want to know why these fruits are dangerouss.

I do not know about this before.Thanks a lot for your info.

Not very clear

my mother used to feed us grapefruit when I was a kid, and I ate them, until I reached an age where I said - "Why am I eating this? I don't like it, I have never liked it, I'm not going to eat them any more." So, I haven't, so it isn't a problem for me. But I did know they were bad when taken with many meds.

That's very interesting. I had no idea that this was the case. It's something that is worth knowing, especially if you take medications.

Wow! Thanks for the heads up on this. I've never been much of a grapefruit fan, but, it's still good to know. I do love Ruby Red Grapefruit juice, though. I don't drink it all the time, but, when I do I hope I'm not hurting myself or putting myself in danger. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

If you keep on reading those articles then you can never live with peace because they will do survey on each and every aspect of life and make a negative point with every survey. Once a boy made a hole in a news paper using a niddle and said, "Mom! do you know with this tiny hole more than than one million bacteria can pass and you don't know how many of them can be dangerous!". Mom replied, "So, what do you expect me to do, I can't live with my mouth shut!". Son added, "Mom even if your mouth is shut bacteria can enter your mouth." The reply was, "If I open my mouth I will get hurt and if I close my mouth it is dangerous, then why not enjoy life without worrying these small sh*ts?" So, I don't give ears on these news! One day I heard that Tea is harmful to your health, I stopped taking tea. A month later, I read somehwere that Tea is good if you don't want to have cancer! Funny, isn't it?

That's very scary, I don't take grape fruit so lucky to stay away from the havoc.

really?I like grapefruits very much but never thought that have such serious side effect.I think I should eat less from now on.