Recently doctors discovered lots of conflicts between grapefruit juice and many medicines.

There are even lethal outcomes. As a result all new medicines in USA are necessarily tested on compatibility to this drink.

Grapefruit juice sharply increases intestinal absorption of many medicines. Therefore, part of medicine, used to pass through digestive tract, is assimilated, medicine accumulated and overdose may happen. Grapefruit can cause overdose of medicine during treatment of heart and hypertonic illnesses, of antibiotics, of hormones and of many other medications.
sections: Nature & Health