Lisinopril & Grapefruit? (Page 2)
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Are there food restrictions such as grapefruit when taking lisinopril?

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There is no conceivable relationship between your husband's eating of grapefruit and his symptoms. That is not to say that grapefruit would not increase the apparent dosage of Lisinopril, however those symptoms are not consistent with an "overdose" of Lisinopril, which in any event would certainly require more that just eating grapefruit. In fact some people (myself) eat grapefruit with the express purpose of increasing the absorption of some medications. In my case that happens to also include Lisinopril.

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What constituent of Grapefruit, or its juice is responsible
for the general elevation of the effect (desired), of grapefruit on certain meds; and just how harmful can some of these meds be when taken concommitantly to this fruit. A list of the most reactive drugs, please.
Tnx.

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Are we not supposed to eat fresh grapefruit when taking lisinopril 20mg

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I worked in health care for years & was never told of an interaction. My husband LOVES grapefruit but has started taking Lisinopril & had severe pains, shortness of breath, & spikeing blood pressure, sweating & vomiting. We had to rush him to the urgent care center near his work when he had an episode & they gave him 2 nitro pills under his tongue & made him chew asprin. 3 hours later they let us leave but ordered stress tests for him to have done in 2 days. He had the tests done & they said that he was fine, they could find no cause for the episode & follow up with our regular dr. The Dr couldn't understand how he could not have any new issues after the episode. My husband had a friend stop over to check on him & happened to see my husband peeling a grapefruit, he started having a fit! He happenes to take the same dose of Lisinopril that my husband takes & HIS dr gave him a list of things he couldn't eat or take & lo and behold grapefruit is on the list. We took a copy of it to our Dr & they confirmed that he in fact should not have been eating grapefruit & someone in their office SHOULD have given him a similar list along with his prescription. I am so glad we found out before it was too late.

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I'm confused, I've read several different things about drug interactions with lisinopril. My concern is dieutics, and possassium. Can you still take them when taking Lisinopril?

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I have checked several sources and there is nothing listed about there being a problem combining the two.

http:/­/­www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/­prescription_drug_info.asp?Drug=Lisinopril&Page=1001150

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can eating grapefruit or juice react with this drug?

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