They had spent what I’m sure is many visits finely honing the dosages of his various medications. The efficacy of those medications combined with grapefruit was different than it would have been without grapefruit.
Suddenly stopping grapefruit caused a drastic shift in the levels of those medications in his system and caused catastrophic problems.
In short: it works both ways. Grapefruit screws with levels. If your levels are tuned to a non-grapefruit diet you shouldn’t start eating it. If they are tuned to a grapefruit diet you shouldn’t stop eating it.
Either way his doctor should have spoken to him when he started the drugs and discussed the grapefruit factor, and absolutely should have been mindful of whether or not his patient had been eating grapefruit all along when telling him to stop eating it. It’s the same as being on another medication, he shouldn’t have discontinued it immediately, he should have tapered off.
Suddenly stopping grapefruit caused a drastic shift in the levels of those medications in his system and caused catastrophic problems.
In short: it works both ways. Grapefruit screws with levels. If your levels are tuned to a non-grapefruit diet you shouldn’t start eating it. If they are tuned to a grapefruit diet you shouldn’t stop eating it.
Either way his doctor should have spoken to him when he started the drugs and discussed the grapefruit factor, and absolutely should have been mindful of whether or not his patient had been eating grapefruit all along when telling him to stop eating it. It’s the same as being on another medication, he shouldn’t have discontinued it immediately, he should have tapered off.