Post by clarencebunsen on Aug 8, 2012 10:11:55 GMT -5
Grapefruit Juice Improves Cancer Medication
Patients drinking grapefruit juice needed only about about a third as much sirolimus to achieve optimal cancer-fighting levels of the drug
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=grapefruit-juice-improves
I have often wondered why grapefruit juice could not be used in just this way.
Patients drinking grapefruit juice needed only about about a third as much sirolimus to achieve optimal cancer-fighting levels of the drug
Grapefruit juice, long known to have dangerous interactions with numerous prescription medications, appears to actually improve the use of a promising cancer drug.
Researchers at University of Chicago Medicine found that a glass of grapefruit juice so improved the body's uptake of a potent drug called sirolimus that they could cut the drug dosage by a third to reach the same desired effect as a full dose.
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=grapefruit-juice-improves
I have often wondered why grapefruit juice could not be used in just this way.
