Grapefruit essential oil

Grapefruit (NAHA)

Are you concerned about taking grapefruit juice in your diet?  You can get the refreshing experience if grapefruit juice by inhaling the essential oil.

Grapefruit juice: Beware of dangerous medication interactions

Grapefruit juice, other grapefruit products and certain other citrus fruits can interfere with several kinds of prescription medications.
Certain chemicals that grapefruit products and citrus fruits contain can interfere with the enzymes that break down (metabolize) various medications in your digestive system. As a result, more medication stays in your body. This can increase the potency of your medication to potentially dangerous levels, causing serious side effects.
This is not a complete list of grapefruit-medication interactions, so check with your doctor or pharmacist to see if your medication is affected.

Examples of grapefruit-medication interactions
Type of medication	Medication name
Anti-anxiety	Buspirone
Anti-arrhythmia	Amiodarone (Cordarone)
Antidepressant	Sertraline (Zoloft)
Antihistamine	Fexofenadine (Allegra)
Anti-retroviral	Saquinavir (Invirase), indinavir (Crixivan)
Anti-seizure	Carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Tegretol)
Calcium channel blocker	Nifedipine (Procardia), nimodipine (Nimotop), nisoldipine (Sular)
Immunosuppressant	Cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune), tacrolimus (Prograf), sirolimus (Rapamune)
Statin	Simvastatin (Zocor), lovastatin (Mevacor), atorvastatin (Lipitor)