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Hey, uh, just another reason why you should google what to avoid while on a medication:

I’ve been taking Viibryd, an antidepressant, for awhile now, and nobody told me to avoid eating grapefruit while on this. But apparently eating grapefruit while on Viibryd increases its potency. Here’s the thing that gets to me about this though: I know herbs, alcohol, and other medications can cause reactions when taken with any medication, but fruit? I’m supposed to avoid a specific fruit while on this and nobody told me? And it’s not even something rare that you probably wouldn’t find except at Whole Foods, it’s a standard breakfast fruit. A little heads up “hey grapefruit can do some shit while you’re on this so avoid it” would’ve been nice. But no, they don’t tell you this.

So, yeah. A quick Google search. Go do it.

@stereks i’ve never heard it before, maybe it is a common thing and i just didnt get the memo? I dunno.

Just googled my meds and apparently sertraline (Zoloft etc.) isn’t good with grapefruit either

Grapefruits interact with a lot of drugs by either increasing or decreasing their potency, and it might be safer to avoid eating it unless you double check that it doesn’t interact with your medications (I take quite a few and don’t really like grapefruit anyways, so I don’t bother.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit–drug_interactions

Here’s a link to why it does that, and some medicines that it affects.

I’m on sertraline and was told this but just in case you weren’t, here you go!

This is actually SUPER common, especially with antidepressants. Stay safe y’all

Also affects buspirone, an anti-anxiety med

Generally just be wary of grapefruit if you’re on an SSRI

DO NOT EAT GRAPEFRUIT IF YOU ARE ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS.

Grapefruit also affects certain types of Oral Contraceptives as well

Also, blood pressure medications!!! Grapefruit WILL interact with statin drugs like Lipitor!