[1_Rain_Drop]

A while back, someone who was a medical transcriber told me, that, grapefruit juice was a trick older folks used with their meds to save money. They’d take half the dose prescribed with a glass of grapefruit juice. The medical establishment would frown on that because they would lose money... and it would mess up their statistics.

I don’t know how much of that is true.

[allmendream]

Not a very good idea unless you have a good understanding of what CYP P450 enzyme is responsible for metabolizing the drug you are taking.

If it isn't the one that grapefruit juice inhibits - you will not be taking an effective dose - half the concentration is almost always not half as efficacious - usually it doesn't work at all.

Moreover there is no guarantee that the drug you are taking with grapefruit juice will maintain an efficacious level of the therapeutic long term even if it is metabolized by the correct CPY P450 enzyme - either you will not be taking enough, leading to it not working - or you would be taking too much, leading to a build up of toxic levels.

I think there would be far better avenues to save money than playing with fire drinking grapefruit juice with your medications. You might save money right into the emergency room or the morgue. Death can be a real money saver!

[Bon mots]

A while back, someone who was a medical transcriber told me, that, grapefruit juice was a trick older folks used with their meds to save money. They’d take half the dose prescribed with a glass of grapefruit juice. The medical establishment would frown on that because they would lose money... and it would mess up their statistics.

I don’t know how much of that is true.


I know personally a friend who does that with Cialis.

He says that 1/4 of a pill works like magic with some grapefruit juice.

Since Cialis is quite expensive, he saves a lot of money that way. It is also a quality of life drug and the effective dose can easily be guessed at safely.

Not that I would know otherwise of course...

I wouldn't recommend this for life saving drugs that you need to stay alive...

[Bon mots]

A while back, someone who was a medical transcriber told me, that, grapefruit juice was a trick older folks used with their meds to save money. They’d take half the dose prescribed with a glass of grapefruit juice. The medical establishment would frown on that because they would lose money... and it would mess up their statistics.

I don’t know how much of that is true.


...more on using GF juice with Cialis>>>
The standard dose for erectile dysfunction is 20mg., the normal pill dose. However, Cialis is also prescribed for Pulmonary and arterial hypertension, but the recommended dose is 40mg. EVERY DAY!
This leads one to believe that there is little risk in trying, say a 5mg dose with grapefruit juice.
My friend simply bites the 20 mg. pills into a quarter or third and drinks a whole glass of grapefruit juice.
(on an empty stomach, of course.)

[Bon mots]

A while back, someone who was a medical transcriber told me, that, grapefruit juice was a trick older folks used with their meds to save money. They’d take half the dose prescribed with a glass of grapefruit juice. The medical establishment would frown on that because they would lose money... and it would mess up their statistics.

I don’t know how much of that is true.


...more on using GF juice with Cialis>>>
The standard dose for erectile dysfunction is 20mg., the normal pill dose. However, Cialis is also prescribed for Pulmonary and arterial hypertension, but the recommended dose is 40mg. EVERY DAY!
This leads one to believe that there is little risk in trying, say a 5mg dose with grapefruit juice.
My friend simply bites the 20 mg. pills into a quarter or third and drinks a whole glass of grapefruit juice.
(on an empty stomach, of course.)