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Taking fruit juice can alter the effect of drugs

An article published by the health authorities of Peru realizes that some fruits can reduce or enhances the therapeutic action of some drugs. What you need to know.

It is well known that fruits contain vitamins and enzymes that are beneficial to health, combine pineapple, apple, orange, grapes or grapefruit may inhibit or enhance the properties and therapeutic effects of some anticoagulant drugs and antihistamines for the treatment of cancer and hypertension.

warned So Aldo Alvarez Risco, a specialist in the Directorate General of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (Digemid) of Peru's health ministry, explaining that many people who are under treatment usually take your medicines with juice fruit without knowing that it can interact in your body in a negative way, either by diminishing the positive effects of the drugs or, conversely, potentiated, which can cause a reaction toxicity.

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pharmaceutical chemist noted that this combination can also lead to other damage to health such as hypertension (high blood pressure), thrombosis (blocked arteries) and even heart attacks therefore recommended to consult with your doctor what kind of food should take in conjunction with the administration of prescription drugs to restore their health.
"The doctor is the person qualified to determine the additional nutritional care that the patient should respect for a drug treatment, and more While the patient has the right to ask the specialist whether you should continue your normal diet or to leave out fruits and foods they can be harmful to their recovery, "said .

He added that those who are under prolonged treatments for chronic diseases will not get the same results if you continue eating your drugs with the juices of these fruits.
"While the pineapple, apple and Orange inhibit the effects of the drugs mentioned above, grapefruit and grapes act in a manner contrary enhancing its medicinal properties " said.

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Aldo Alvarez Risco also explained that particularly the pineapple can inhibit the effects of some anticoagulant drugs used to prevent strokes caused by blood clots inside a blood vessel.
Meanwhile, apple juice and orange reduce the effectiveness of drugs known as fexofenadine (an antihistamine), the etoposide (anticancer) atenolol, celiprolol and talinolol (beta-blockers used in stroke prevention and treatment of hypertension) and cyclosporine (used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs).

Finally, he stated that grapefruit juice or grape juice inhibit intestinal enzyme partially destroys drugs as they are absorbed and as a result, the patient's body ends up absorbing more of the proper medication.