Amlodipine and grapefruit are one of the most common dangerous combinations on American kitchen tables. The blood pressure drop is real, the dizziness is real, and most doctors never bring it up. A customer walked into my store last spring. Sixty-eight years old, retired teacher, careful about her health. She had been taking amlodipine for … Read more
Statins and grapefruit are one of the most dangerous combinations in modern medicine. The warning is printed on the bottle. Almost nobody reads it. The people who do, often misunderstand how long they actually need to wait. A customer came into my shop last spring. Sixty-one years old, retired teacher, on atorvastatin for about three … Read more
Grapefruit blocks the enzyme that breaks down many medications. The combinations are not rare, the warnings are quiet, and the consequences are slow enough that most people never connect the dots. A woman came into my shop two winters ago carrying a small notebook. Her husband had been on a statin for six years. The … Read more