The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, have you started to eat grapefruit? The vitamin C content of grapefruit is very high, about 3 times that of lemons and 7 times that of apples, but health anchor Zheng Kaiyun reminds that people who usually take drugs should be especially careful when eating grapefruit!
4 kinds of people are not suitable for drinking grapefruit
Pharmaceutical expert Wang Rongpei pointed out that there are several drugs and grapefruit that may cause interaction, including hypolipidemic drugs, blood pressure drugs, arrhythmia drugs, tranquilizers, etc. Be sure to pay special attention.
Grapefruit and grapefruit will slow down drug metabolism
He further explained that because grapefruit and grapefruit contain an active ingredient that inhibits the secretion of enzymes (CYP3A4) in the intestinal mucosa, making these drugs metabolize slower in the body.
Eating grapefruit or grapefruit after taking the medicine will increase the residual time of the medicine in the body, which may be a few hours or a few days; when the next medicine is taken, the concentration of the medicine in the body will accumulate. The blood levels will become too high and you will put yourself in danger.
Take grapefruit 2 hours after taking the medicine
People who usually take medicine, if they really want to eat grapefruit, Wang Rongpei recommends taking the medicine and eating grapefruit at least 2 hours apart, and pay attention to proper intake, Just taste it, just take 1 or 2 slices at a time.
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