Can you drink grapefruit juice with statins?
Statins are medicines that lower your cholesterol. Grapefruit or grapefruit juice affects some statins. Do not drink grapefruit juice if you’re taking simvastatin. Grapefruit juice increases the level of simvastatin in your blood and makes side effects more likely.
What happens if I drink grapefruit juice with atorvastatin?
Grapefruit juice and certain statins (used to treat high cholesterol) such as Lipitor (atorvastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin), and Zocor (simvastatin) do not mix. Grapefruit juice inhibits a system of enzymes that helps break down dozens of medications, including Lipitor, Mevacor, and Zocor.
Which statins can be taken with grapefruit juice?
Grapefruit juice and statins
| The grapefruit effect Grapefruit juice affects certain statins more than others. | |
|---|---|
| Big effect | Little or no effect |
| atorvastatin (Lipitor) | fluvastatin (Lescol) |
| lovastatin (Mevacor) | pitavastatin (Livalo) |
| simvastatin (Zocor) | pravastatin (Pravachol) |
What should you not eat or drink when taking statins?
Grapefruit juice is the only food or drink that has a direct interaction with statins. Statins do not directly interact with any food but people taking statins should moderate their intake of saturated fats to help lower their LDL cholesterol and overall risk of cardiovascular disease.
Is yogurt bad for cholesterol?
Heart Health Greek yogurt has been connected to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which can reduce your risk of heart disease. Cholesterol and triglycerides can harden or block your arteries over time, leading to heart disease or atherosclerosis.
Should you eat hard boiled eggs if you have high cholesterol?
People with raised cholesterol often wonder if it’s OK to eat eggs, as egg yolk is rich in cholesterol. Generally speaking, it should be fine for most people, as the cholesterol in eggs does not have a significant effect on blood cholesterol.
Which yogurt drinks lower cholesterol?
All Benecol yogurt drinks contain plant stanols which are clinically proven to lower cholesterol by up to 7 to 10% in just 3 weeks*. Enjoy just one bottle a day to lower cholesterol.