Some medicines affected by grapefruit are listed below, although there may be others that aren't mentioned.If your usual diet includes grapefruit or grapefruit juice and you've been prescribed a medicine that's affected by grapefruit, speak to your GP or pharmacist. Do not stop taking your medication without advice.
Calcium channel blockers are medicines that relax the muscles that make up the walls of your arteries. They're used as part of the treatment of conditions such as high blood pressure (hypertension) and coronary heart disease.
Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice can affect some medicines. In most cases, it increases the level of the medicine in your blood. This can increase the risk of side effects or alter the effect that the medicine has....
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