Juice stop drugs working

Grapefruit juice may affect the effectiveness of some statin-based cholesterol-lowering drugs (such as Lipitor and Zocor). The scientists believe that super-nutrients in the juice as "furanocourmarins" remove the effect of CYP34A, an enzyme in the digestive system and liver metabolised and eliminated some statins from our body.

If you drink, grapefruit juice, May-You have more than statins in your blood, you need to take place in May increase the risk of possible side effects.
CYP34A plays an important role in the metabolism of nearly half of all medicines we in the United Kingdom, May grapefruit juice to influence the effect of other drugs such as benzodiazepines (Valium) or nifedipine (blood pressure and angina pills and as Adalat Cardilate).

Juice May blocking the absorption of drugs

Grapefruit juice - and perhaps others, including apple juice and orange - May also block the intestinal absorption of drugs such as antihistamines, which means that only half the dose, it is your circulation. The researchers from the University of Western Ontario believe that up to 50 drugs in May, from fruit juices, but say that more work to do.

What is to continue with the help of antibiotics ...

Most of all fruit juices and colas, the effectiveness of antibiotics. You must also avoid milk and dairy products if you are under the tetracycline (a wide range of antibiotics), because the calcium and magnesium, that they used the drug and to establish a connection, not to subdivide. On the losing end of both the minerals and drug trafficking, as they whiz by your disposal casings.

... and if you warfarin

Avoid fat-rich food that much fat reduces the amount of medicines that you take. Kale and dark green vegetables are also on the menu, because they coagulation vitamin K, which contradicts the drug in the blood from the US-effects.

Drugs, the host of nutrients

Although the food may spoil the effectiveness of drugs, certain medications may be the inclusion of certain nutrients. For example, cimetidine (Tagamet and Zantac) helps the stomach ulcers and heartburn reduce the acid in our stomachs. This may reduce our ability, energy, strengthening the extraction of iron, because it needs an acid for a better reception.

If you take these drugs over a longer period, you must be very careful what fairly rich in iron foods such as oily fish, lean beef, eggs and dark green vegetables.