Taking Medication with Grapefruit Juice
A study published a few weeks ago indicated that the blood serum level of certain cancer medications, when ingested along with a meal and washed down by a cup of grapefruit juice, can be enhanced by up to nine times. This enabled patients who had been prescribed pills 5x daily on an empty stomach to cut their intake to 1x daily, as well as making their regimens much more affordable to them.
Can grapefruit juice be used to enhance the absorption of eiether finasteride or dutasteride? What about when taken along with a meal?
I have read that grapefruit juice impacts drugs. Unfortunately, I don’t know any particulars about enhancing absorption of hair loss drugs. Read the following references:
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