Friday, January 29, 2016

Why You Shouldn’t Take Some Medicines With Grapefruit Juice


There’s a lot of fine print to read on your medicine labels, and among them is often the disclaimer to not take with grapefruit juice. What’s up with that? This video will tell you.


In an episode of SciShow, host Hank Green explains why some prescription medication includes the warning, “do not take with grapefruit juice.”


The short of it is that grapefruit juice messes with your body’s ability to properly metabolize the medicine. It blocks a crucial enzyme (CYP3A4) that controls how…



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Why You Shouldn’t Take Some Medicines With Grapefruit Juice

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