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Seville oranges question about effect on immunosuppressants
Transplants | Last Active: Jan 11, 2020 | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
This morning I came upon this Consumer Health article as I was browsing through the Mayo News Network daily features. And since we have been talking about Seville oranges and a variety of foods that can affect our immunosuppresant medications I decided to share this with everyone.
- Consumer Health: Is your daily dose of citrus interfering with your medications?
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/consumer-health-is-your-daily-dose-of-citrus-interfering-with-your-medications/
I clicked the "Learn more from Katherine Zeratsky, a Mayo Clinic registered dietitian nutritionist, about the way grapefruit and other citrus fruits may interact with your medications."
Here it is - I like to drink grapefruit juice but hear that it can interfere with some prescription medications. Is that true?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/food-and-nutrition/faq-20057918
I was surprised at the list of conditions (in addition to transplant) that are treated with medications that can interact with grapefruit.
What are your thoughts after reading this information?
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@rosemarya That is a very surprisingly long list of medications that grapefruit interferes with. It also says "Grapefruit and certain other citrus fruits, such as Seville oranges, can interfere with several kinds of prescription medications.", but beyond specifying Seville oranges it does not say what others yet it seems to indicate that it is not just Seville oranges. I enjoy clementines at this time of the year and presume they are not a problem, I hope not.
I got curious about Seville oranges so I looked them up. Apparently they are very bitter/sour so not generally eaten as a fruit but used in marmalades, etc. They are a cross between pomelos and mandarins so that must be why they are excluded -- pomelos of course are a variety of grapefruit.
JK