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minus-squareHello_there@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoThere’s stuff out there that can just make the pill ineffective? You’d think this would be known more widely.
minus-squareShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months agoThere are several. Grapefruit is another example that comes to mind. And I agree, these things should be much more widely known. But now you know!
minus-squareQuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoGrapefruit has bad interactions with a lot of medications for some reason
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoIt has a chemical that is a potent CYP3A4 inhibitor - it basically turns off the enzyme that metabolizes a good chunk of medicines. Earl grey tea has it too.
minus-square🐍🩶🐢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnother big one is antibiotics. I can tell you that none of my doctors when I lived in Texas mentioned it. It just slips their mind…
There’s stuff out there that can just make the pill ineffective? You’d think this would be known more widely.
There are several. Grapefruit is another example that comes to mind.
And I agree, these things should be much more widely known. But now you know!
Grapefruit has bad interactions with a lot of medications for some reason
It has a chemical that is a potent CYP3A4 inhibitor - it basically turns off the enzyme that metabolizes a good chunk of medicines.
Earl grey tea has it too.
Another big one is antibiotics. I can tell you that none of my doctors when I lived in Texas mentioned it. It just slips their mind…