Is Grapefruit Juice Safe with amiodarone?
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Avoid consuming grapefruit juice while taking amiodarone. Due to amiodarone's long half-life, this interaction may persist for weeks to months after stopping either product.
Why this interaction occurs
Grapefruit juice is a CYP450 inhibitor that increases amiodarone exposure, potentially raising the risk of amiodarone toxicity and adverse effects.
Evidence
Evidence level: strong.
Data source
FDA Drug Label
Reported safety data
The FDA’s adverse event reporting system (FAERS) has received 65,378 reports mentioning amiodarone. This reflects reported cases involving the medication in general — not confirmed causation, and not specific to the amiodarone + supplement combination on this page.
FAERS reports are voluntary and cannot prove that a drug caused an event. Do not use report counts to assess the safety of this specific drug-supplement pair.
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