Statin Drugs and Grapefruit
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Grapefruit Juice Can Interact With Medicines!
medicinenet.com — “Grapefruit juice can interact with drugs. Find out if the medication you are taking is at risk of a drug interaction with grapefruit juice. Examples of drugs include statins, pain medications, calcium channel blockers, and antihistamines.” View full resource at medicinenet.com
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Grapefruit juice can interact with a variety of medications. Find out if you’re taking any drugs that may interact. http://bit.ly/bBNGSH
High Cholesterol Medication & Grapefruit | LIVESTRONG.COM
livestrong.com — “High Cholesterol Medication & Grapefruit. If you have high cholesterol and are taking statin drugs to lower your cholesterol, you should be sure to avoid grapefruit, which can create an adverse reaction with statin drugs....” View full resource at livestrong.com
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Grapefruit, Pomegranate Juice Not a Good Mix With Statins
abcnews.go.com — “With so many people on statins to treat or prevent heart disease and stroke, should much more attention be paid to grapefruit and pomegranate fruit interactions with statins?” View full resource at abcnews.go.com
Most Recently Shared on April 24, 2009 at 12:12 pm By:
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Grapefruit, Pomegranate Juice Not a Good Mix With Statins - avoid statins if you can by having plenty of fruit! http://bit.ly/11QlyV
Adherence to statins
theheart.org — “Increasing adherence to 75% would prevent twice as many deaths when compared with giving the drugs to a wider range of patients, according to investigators.” View full resource at theheart.org
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Improving adherence better than lower thresholds for maximizing statin benefits http://bit.ly/7pQl0k #heartwire
Common Drug Interactions with Grapefruit: Eating Grapefruit or Drinking Grapefruit Juice can Affect Medication
patient-health-education.suite101.com — “Grapefruit can change the way some prescription medications are eliminated by the body. This can lead to harmful drug levels or a decrease in efficacy.” View full resource at patient-health-education.suite101.com
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Women and statins
theheart.org — “UPDATED // While some question whether the evidence is strong enough, particularly given the lower absolute risk in women compared with men, most experts believe that the lipid-lowering medications have undeniable value in women.” View full resource at theheart.org
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Women and statins
theheart.org — “While some question whether the evidence is strong enough, particularly given the lower absolute risk in women compared with men, most experts believe that the lipid-lowering medications have undeniable value in women.” View full resource at theheart.org
Most Recently Shared on March 29, 2010 at 11:33 pm By:
Tammi Jacobs Health Professional
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Statin Risks Outweighed by Statin Benefits
webmd.com — “Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have side effects that can be severe. But the drugs' benefit of preventing heart disease -- with regular doctor checkups, diet, and exercise -- far outweighs their risks.” View full resource at webmd.com
Most Recently Shared on March 2, 2012 at 12:55 am By:
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Statin Risks Outweighed by Statin Benefits http://t.co/DoJRVE6V #health #medicine #healthcare
STATINS Managing Drug Interactions
nyrdtc.nhs.uk — “STATINS Managing Drug Interactions” View full resource at nyrdtc.nhs.uk
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Statins: RDTC factsheets on managing adverse reactions http://t.co/kXUuaQXz and interactions http://t.co/qaMjZwps
The Hidden Origins of Statin Drugs
newswithviews.com — “Shane Ellison -- The Hidden Origin of Statin Drugs” View full resource at newswithviews.com
Most Recently Shared on December 16, 2009 at 4:35 am By:
Dr. Reitkop, N.D. CAM and Naturopathic Doctor
The truth on statin drugs. Why U might want 2 consider an alternative 4 high cholesterol. http://www.newswithviews.com/Ellison/shane16.htm
A safer Statin drug…
drjohnm.org — “‘Good,’ I say. Let’s spread the word that pills do not hold the answer to preventing heart disease. And while we are shouting, let’s add this one: There’s no such thing as a free lunch! Medicines come with more than” View full resource at drjohnm.org
Most Recently Shared on March 5, 2012 at 10:40 pm By:
John Mandrola, MD Physician, Doctor, Internist, and Cardiologist
Some day I'll have to get off the statin issue...For now though, the pills-don't-equal-health concept draws me in. http://t.co/CNmaTVsJ
Grapefruit HEALTH ADVICE | Barefoot Restaurant
barefootrestaurant.com — “Do you like grapefruit? The interaction in between grapefruit juice and some medications can lead to negative effects, particularly on kidney level, and at” View full resource at barefootrestaurant.com
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Grapefruit HEALTH ADVICE | Barefoot Restaurant: Do you like grapefruit? The interaction in between grapefruit ju... http://t.co/H88XIreo
Statins for Cholesterol Information by eMedicineHealth.com
emedicinehealth.com — “Information about statins for cholesterol including side effects (like muscle pain), list of statin drugs available, drug interactions (grapefruit juice), and more.” View full resource at emedicinehealth.com
Most Recently Shared on March 27, 2010 at 3:12 am By:
Arthur M. Healthy Eating Advisor
Statins and Cholesterol http://ff.im/-icpCK
Statin Drugs May Reduce Flu Deaths
webmd.com — “In a study of people hospitalized with seasonal flu, those who were taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs were about 50% less likely to die than those who weren't taking the drugs.” View full resource at webmd.com
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Statin drugs lower costs and complications of aortic surgery
theheart.org — “There are significant cost savings with statin therapy before abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, and the complication rate is less than half that of patients who do not receive preop statins.” View full resource at theheart.org
Most Recently Shared on October 20, 2009 at 4:19 pm By:
heartwire: Statin drugs lower costs and complications of aortic surgery http://bit.ly/3SYV1R
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