Comments on: Use Caution Mixing Drugs and Food – Grapefruit interacts with certain drugs and increases their level, causing dangerous side effects. http://dearpharmacist.com/?p=42 Passionate about natural medicine Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:11:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: JR http://dearpharmacist.com/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-865 JR Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:37:22 +0000 http://72.167.236.127/dearpharmacist/?p=42#comment-865 RE: Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) Suzy, does grapefruit seed extract (GSE) cause the same drug interactions as drinking grapefruit juice or eating grapefruit? I've seen differing comments online. Please set the record straight. Thanks! RE: Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE)

Suzy, does grapefruit seed extract (GSE) cause the same drug interactions as drinking grapefruit juice or eating grapefruit? I’ve seen differing comments online. Please set the record straight. Thanks!

]]> By: matt http://dearpharmacist.com/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-295 matt Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:04:44 +0000 http://72.167.236.127/dearpharmacist/?p=42#comment-295 http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/10/Why-You-Should-Avoid-Red-Rice-Yeast.aspx http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/10/Why-You-Should-Avoid-Red-Rice-Yeast.aspx

]]> By: Jean V. http://dearpharmacist.com/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-291 Jean V. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:43:57 +0000 http://72.167.236.127/dearpharmacist/?p=42#comment-291 Anna, I am also on Plavix due to a TIA. Have you had any problem with hair loss? I've been on the med. for 4 mo. and noticed the last several weeks I am losing my hair from the root. Anna, I am also on Plavix due to a TIA. Have you had any problem with hair loss? I’ve been on the med. for 4 mo. and noticed the last several weeks I am losing my hair from the root.

]]> By: Beatrice Ramirez http://dearpharmacist.com/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-288 Beatrice Ramirez Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:50:16 +0000 http://72.167.236.127/dearpharmacist/?p=42#comment-288 What an excellent article. Unfortunately, doctors seldom comment on foods to be avoided with drugs they prescribe. We recently had a a problem with the diuretic spironolactone which, as you mentioned, retains potassium. My husband ended up in the emergency room because of elevated potassium levels which can cause heart arythmias or possibly even a heart attack! Now another diuretic has been prescribed that doesnt have that effect. Better to have been forewarned! Question: is there any bad effect of niacin in a person with mild kidney disease? What an excellent article. Unfortunately, doctors seldom comment on foods to be avoided with drugs they prescribe. We recently had a a problem with the diuretic spironolactone which, as you mentioned, retains potassium. My husband ended up in the emergency room because of elevated potassium levels which can cause heart arythmias or possibly even a heart attack! Now another diuretic has been prescribed that doesnt have that effect. Better to have been forewarned!
Question: is there any bad effect of niacin in a person with mild kidney disease?

]]> By: ANNA MARTINO http://dearpharmacist.com/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-273 ANNA MARTINO Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:21:43 +0000 http://72.167.236.127/dearpharmacist/?p=42#comment-273 I am taking Plavix. If I take Red Yeast Rice can I still take Plavix or do I stop taking Plavix. Plavix was perscribed because of a mild stroke due to a piece of cholestral that got loose and blocked. I was lucky to have no damage at all. Please let me know as soon as possible. I want to start my Red Yeast Rice soon. Thank You ANNA I am taking Plavix. If I take Red Yeast Rice can I still take Plavix or do I stop taking Plavix. Plavix was perscribed because of a mild stroke due to a piece of cholestral that got loose and blocked. I was lucky to have no damage at all.
Please let me know as soon as possible. I want to start my Red Yeast Rice soon.
Thank You
ANNA

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