Lipitor and Grapefruit
have an adverse interaction. Lipitor
is a drug which is commonly used
to lower the cholesterol level
of patients. The intensification
in the popularity of this drug
is its effectiveness in coping
with high cholesterol and to provide
safety against heart disease.
Grapefruit is a nutritious outgrowth
that provides an excellent source
of vitamin C, potassium, and dietary
fiber.
However, the relation between
lipitor and grapefruit is a
deadly one. Grape fruit causes
problems with many drugs mainly
because grapefruits are metabolized
by the enzymes that are essential
in breaking down of many drugs
in the liver. This imposes serious
threat to the well being of
medicine users and could result
in severe consequences.
• Lipitor
and grapefruit is a toxic combination.
If grapefruit is taken along
side with Lipitor it could cause
the liver to devote all its
resources to the grapefruit
and the medication of Lipitor
would not be consumed inside
the body. This would build up
the amount of drug in a body
and could result in the failure
of kidney and break down of
muscles.
•
Grapefruit juice inhibits a
critical enzyme, with
possibly deadly penalty when
taken along with Lipitor. On
consumption of grapefruit with
lipitor the body fails to break
down the drug and engages itself
digesting the grapefruit
• The
cytochrome enzyme is a mechanism
in the human body which breaks
down the grapefruit juice
into components to be utilized
by the body. This makes the
relation ship b/w Lipitor and
grapefruit very critical as
this is the same enzyme used
to break down the Lipitor drug
in the human body. Grapefruits
engage the liver enabling it
to cope with the Lipitor drug
and eventually the human body
is overloaded.
•
The critical relation ship b/w
Lipitor and grapefruit is a
known fact and its adverse relationship
is promoted at most levels.
Appropriate warning labels are
deployed with each prescription
of Lipitor. But since most people
fail to read the prescriptions
it is also the responsibility
of the doctor to inform the
patient about the threats of
grapefruit and ensure that a
patient does not take any amount
of grapefruit with Lipitor.
• Lipitor
and grapefruit interact to inhibit
the blood pressure. If
Lipitor is taken by a heart
patient and grapefruit is consumed
during this process the heart
patient won’t be able
to get the blood pressure required
and the heart rhythms would
become irregular. This can cause
serious damage to the patient
and could result in sudden demise.
With these effects it is very
clear that the relation ship
b/w Lipitor and Grapefruit should
be cautiously evaluated by every
user of the medication. A patient
should take no intake of grapefruit
and should know any precautionary
measures if he took some by
accident. On medical level much
is being done to aware the general
public about the Lipitor and
grapefruit issue. Many awareness
programs have been established
to establish a sense of responsibility
in the common people to not
risk their lives using Grapefruit
along side with Lipitor.
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