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Xanax And Grapefruit Juice?
by CRIMINAL, Jun 03, 2007 12:00AM
its been 6months but im back lol. and been clean the whole 6months too..anyway,my question is about xanax. iv been on it (with a legal script) for about 3years. i recently got a new script with a dosage increase, im 0n 1mg up to four times a day. anyway i got a "leaflet" with my new script saying DO NOT drink grapefruit juice with xanax cuz it can increase the sedation effects of it..does anyone know if thats true? cuz i usualy drink that or orange juice 4the vitimin-c..im tryn 2stay healthy for once...
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Good luck,
Yoda
Yeah, I have been taking Valium for a while now, and you DO NOT want to drink Grapefruit Juice.
I asked the RX about this, and it will cause the medicine to work the way it supposed to, because the Grapefruit juice does sometype of cleansing in your liver.
Hope this helps,
God Bless,
Todd