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At 01:00 AM 6/25/97 -0400, you wrote: >Ted asked me to forward this to the list... > >>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 97 18:52:32 EDT >>From: TEDN <[log in to unmask]> > >>I heard on the radio that taking medication with grapefruit juice can slow the >body's absorption of some medications, thus increasing their effectiveness >by increasing the amount of time they exist in the body. >Apparently, the juice inhibits a chemical in the stomach which normally >speeds this process. (This comes from a recent medical study.) Does >anyone have any more information on this?< Judith, I did a quick search in MEDLINE and came up with 55 articles published about grapefruit juice. Here are just two references: 1.Grapefruit juice and drugs. How significant is the interaction? (Bailey DG; Clin Pharmacokinet, 1994 Feb) 2.Grapefruit juice interactions with drugs. (A; Med Lett Drugs Ther, 1995 Aug 18) For more info. go to MEDLINE and pull up the abstracts. Or let me know and I'll get them for you. Peace, John