Do Not Take Allegra with Juice

Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, host of Sunday Housecall on Fox News, says that you should never take the antihistamine medication Allegra with any kind of juice:

"If you take the pill with fruit juice - any kind of fruit juice, apple juice, grapefruit juice, orange juice - you lose about 36 to 40 percent of its efficacy. Please, if you're using Allergra, and especially now with the hayfever season about to be here, you should take Allegra with water."

Grapefruit juice in particular has a history of interfering with medications, cautions Dr. Isadore:

"Grapefruit juice has an effect on a wide variety of medications. If you are taking any pill - whether it's a birth control pill or antibiotic or a statin to lower cholesterol - do not take grapefruit juice. Discuss it with your doctor. Some things you can take with grapefruit juice, but many you cannot."

Posted by Craig on Monday, March 05, 2007

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