Grapefruit juice interacts with many prescription drugs, which can cause potentially serious side effects or make some lifesaving drugs less effective.This interaction is listed on a medication’s “drug-food interaction” label. But many people overlook those labels.That’s what happened to Lucas King, a 59-year-old retired government auditor. King’s story appeared recently in the American Journal of Nursing. It’s a cautionary tale shared by Amy Karch, MS, RN, an assistant professor of clinical nursing at University of Rochester in New York.
