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Fruit Juices And Prescription Drugs—A Deadly Mix?

If I suggested to you that a glass of grapefruit or orange juice in the morning might be harming your health, you’d probably think I’d lost my mind. Everybody knows that citrus juice is rich in vitamin C and other antioxidants. You also know that juice is an easy way to boost your fruit and vegetable intake, so it can be part of a healthy diet. But if you take prescription drugs, you need to think twice before you reach for a glass of  juice . New research shows that many different kinds of juices change the affects of prescription drugs. For a long time, doctors and scientists have known that grapefruit juice and many drugs don’t mix, but it turns out grapefruit juice isn’t the only juice you need to worry about. It is one of the most dangerous, though, so let’s start by looking at why if you take prescriptions, you should avoid  grapefruit juice . How Grapefruit Juice Can Turn Your Prescription Into a Killer Among juice and drug interactions, grapefruit juice is unique. A