KOMPAS.com-Grapefruit can inhibit the enzyme in the wall of the gut job that slows the entry of drugs into the bloodstream. Consumption of grapefruit along medication for cholesterol (statin), Psychiatry (valium, zoloft), a deduction of pain (methadone), and cancer drug (sirolimus/rapamycin) causes the drug enters the bloodstream more quickly so the poison in the body so the patient.
The latest study the researchers University of Chicago Medicine (UCM), United States, find the positive side of grapefruit. The consumption of citrus fruits that can reduce the dose of sirolimus and thus minimize the side effects of the drug.
The study is reported in the journal Clinical Cancer Research and cited Livescience, Tuesday (7/8), led by expert cancer UCM, Ezra Cohen. Research involving 138 people with cancers that are divided into three groups.
As a result, drinking only need 90 mg dose of sirolimus per week. Drinking grapefruit juice only need 25-35 mg per week of sirolimus. Sirolimus group and 16 mg of ketoconazole need sirolimus per week. Grapefruit juice, however, more natural and recommended because it is cheap. (LIVESCIENCE/MZW)
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