The grapefruit challenge: the juice inhibits a crucial enzyme, with possibly fatal consequences

Am J Nurs. 2004 Dec;104(12):33-5. doi: 10.1097/00000446-200412000-00020.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticholesteremic Agents / adverse effects
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / blood*
  • Atorvastatin
  • Beverages
  • Citrus paradisi / adverse effects*
  • Food-Drug Interactions*
  • Heptanoic Acids / adverse effects
  • Heptanoic Acids / blood*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyrroles / adverse effects
  • Pyrroles / blood*
  • Rhabdomyolysis / blood*
  • Rhabdomyolysis / etiology

Substances

  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Heptanoic Acids
  • Pyrroles
  • Atorvastatin