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Good morning-Something happened last night that I wanted to share so that it doesn't happen to any of you. My daughter is home visiting and decided to make a special cocktail for us. It had Empress 1908 gin in it, which is a beautiful purple colored gin. It is organic and is colored from pea blossoms. It has other things in but the problem came when we discovered it has grapefruit peel extract in it. I had about 3-4 sips when we discovered this. I decided to call the 24/7 line to ask if this was ok. The pharmacist told me that grapefruit peel is not OK, that it has the harmful enzymes in it and to watch myself for the next couple of hours and if necessary, go to ER. Luckily nothing happened and I am fine, but will be much more careful from here on out. I have been careful about grapefruit juice, but learned a new lesson. 🙂 Bummer because the cocktail was yummy!

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Hi Kelli, thanks for the tip! I had no idea that had grapefruit in it.
My understanding of it is that grapefruit can reduce the efficacy of the drug. It does the same to statins (cholesterol drugs), so at most is like missing a dose. Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor, but I’ve seen all episodes of House. Lol.