General Medical issues thread

[pagingjoan]

Just dont follow that with an outstretched arm like Rocketman did

Drat! Now you have stopped my from my next To Do item.

 

[cove]

I remember reading that if you have a heart pacemaker you should avoid using a massage chair like you see at airports and shopping centres.
I avoid grapefruit as it can mess with my heart drugs.

 

[Quickstatus]

I avoid grapefruit as it can mess with my heart drugs.

Problematic with many other drugs as well and not just grapefruit - sone types of citrus also implicated

 

[TheRealTMA]

I remember reading that if you have a heart pacemaker you should avoid using a massage chair like you see at airports and shopping centres.
I avoid grapefruit as it can mess with my heart drugs.

Yes. The furanocoumarins in grepefruit inhibit the CYP3A4 enzyme and some others to amplify the action of the drug so can mess with lots of drugs incl statins, blood thinners, gout, calcium blockers etc. Better to avoid.

 

[Seat0B]

I personally find grapefruit something to avoid at all costs - because it tastes truly awful

 

[prozac]

I personally find grapefruit something to avoid at all costs - because it tastes truly awful

Grapefruit only affects efficacy of some statins. I take Rosuvastatin which I think is one that is not affected.

 

[Seat0B]

That's the one I take too, but it makes no difference to me! Not a fan.

 

[Quickstatus]

Grapefruit only affects efficacy of some statins

I think lipitor is one

 

[Major]

I take Atorvastatin and was advised to stay away from grapefruit.

 

[Flashback]

Here's the Malagasy version of grapefruit (pamplemousse), it's a bit different.......

 

[RooFlyer]

Here's the Malagasy version of grapefruit (pamplemousse), it's a bit different.......

In other French regimes, that’s plain grapefruit.

 

[Seat0B]

Here's the Malagasy version of grapefruit (pamplemousse), it's a bit different.......
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oooh that's a lot of bitter pith to peel off.

 

[Flashback]

It has a fairly unique texture/taste when being eaten, a bit different to grapefruit in that regard. We buy it from one of the roadside stalls here.

 

[prozac]

oooh that's a lot of bitter pith to peel off.

Easier when you use Pith-be-Off

 

[Quickstatus]

pamplemousse

Looks like a Pomelo the largest citrus in the world. Grapefruit is actually a hybrid of Pomelo.