On 26/06/2013 5:07 PM, Mark Herron wrote:
> The grapefruit and drug interaction is well known as many have pointed
> out.
>
> However I got caught out with Tangelos, those delicious hybrids from
> Minneola Fla. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangelo
>
> When they were in season and plentiful a few years back I started on
> them with a flourish only to find they enhanced my blood pressure
> medication (by interfering with the metabolism of its removal my
> pharmacist informs me) effectively increasing the dose and sending my
> BP plummeting.
>
> So watch out for them too if you are effected by grapefruit.
>

I was aware of a problem with grapefruit and some heart medications. In
fact, one of the medications I was taking after heart surgery had a
warning about grapefruit. I have to confess I don't remember now which
it was. What I do know is that between that horrible experience and a
lot of pain medication, I was pretty much in a fog. My wife picked up
all my prescriptions at the drug store and then we sat down and tried to
figure out which was which to take when. The generic names were all
different and... I was confused.