Grapefruit juice and statins

From: jorge shmuck (jorgeshmuck_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 01:34:01 GMT

All of the reports that I've read about not drinking grapefruit juice
while taking statins fail to mention certain questions:
Are they saying to not wash the pill down with a gulp of juice, or to
avoid grapefruit juice completely if you're taking statins?
What about eating grapefruit, in general?
.... and grapefruit-flavored citrus sodas and drinks? (if I'm not
mistaken, the official name in pharmacalogy and mixology terms for
vodka-and-grapefruit is a "Greyhound" 

-- 
G Gruman