Grapefruit is a popular and wholesome breakfast food. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, grapefruit is the second leading citrus fruit consumed per capita in the United States. Grapefruits are rich in vitamin A, ascorbic acid, folic acid, potassium, fiber and flavonoids. However, grapefruit interferes with the metabolism or absorption of several prescription drugs. In some cases, this leads to dangerously elevated blood levels of these medications. In others cases, blood levels may be decreased.
When you take prescription medications, they may negatively affect your nutritional intake and health in various degrees. Medication may cause you to lose or gain appetite. It may alter the way food tastes to you and affect the...
Sassafras root has many folk medicine uses and is usually steeped in boiling water as a tea. It has long been part of Appalachian history and the whole tree, including the bark, flowers and leave were once utilized to treat a v...
While life-saving antiretroviral drugs play a central role in controlling HIV infection, they are most effective when used as part of an overall healthy lifestyle that includes good nutrition. Understanding the role of medica...
Parkinson's disease is challenging to treat. Each case is different, and it often takes time to find the right dosage and combination of pills. In addition, as the disease changes or progresses, the medication must change as we...
The virus has a complex life cycle, so its replication can be interrupted at several points. Different drugs target the virus at different points in its life cycle. Since the virus quickly mutates to become resistant to a singl...
Antivirals have given hope to many with this chronic disease and have extended the lives of infected patients. Antivirals are powerful medications that provide many benefits though they carry a risk of side effects as well.
Medical waste is defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as anything that contains bodily fluids or wastes, such as surgical gloves, needles, swabs, body organ cultures and even bloody bandages. Medical waste can come f...
children diagnosed with AIDS since 1985 contracted the virus from their mother during pregnancy or birth. Preventative measures can greatly reduce a pregnant woman’s risk of transmitting the HIV virus to an unborn child. ...
HIV positive women who become pregnant will need to work closely with their physicians to make decisions about antiretroviral medications. If a woman decides to stop all her medications during pregnancy, her viral load could i...
According to AIDS.gov, all HIV medications or antiviral drugs produce side effects. The Well Project notes that the side effects may range from the moderate to the extreme. Moreover, the most common side effects occur within th...
The University of California, San Francisco writes that HIV antiviral medications help maintain the general health of the immune system. However, these drugs are not without side effects. Avert.Org explains that side effects ...
Initially, the side effects of HIV can be minor and might disappear and re-emerge several years later. Even if you do not experience HIV side effects, you can still transmit the disease to a partner or unborn child. If you are ...
MedlinePlus says that HIV signs include fatigue, diarrhea, a fever, swollen lymph node glands and a sore throat. In some instances, muscular stiffness, muscle aches and frequent vaginal infections can result. While there is no ...
The human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. The virus is transmitted primarily through sexual contact---vaginal, oral or anal---but it also may spread via sh...
