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POSITIVELY! There can be potentially dangerous interactions with SOME medications. Anyone taking prescription medications needs to RESEARCH CAREFULLY the use of grapefruit juice.

For those of us who take no prescriptions medications do not have to worry about those interactions; however, it would also be wise to carefully research which herbals, they may be taking as well, just to be on the safe side.

I wish everyone could wean themselves off all, or most, prescription medications too.

My only concern about grapefruit juice is that it definitely DOES affect some medications that people miight be taking too, causing toxicities that have been reported to have lead to fatalities…….especially with some on cardiac (blood pressure) medicines. I wish none of our readers would be on pharmaceuticals, but some are….so caution with grapefruit juice is necessary.

Yes, I have the latex-free surgical gloves at the moment; however, the regular gloves do not seem to bother my hands, so I can use those too.

That’s great and I’m also glad the surgical gloves work for you. you using the latex free?

I take my magnesium oil and and an oral magnesium supplement with Ruby Red Grapefruit juice and Orange juice ( ½ and ½ ). This masks the sharp taste of the magnesium oil; and, it also appears to have increased the therapeutic reaction, at least in my case.

I decided to give this a try after reading the following information regarding the effects of grapefruit juice on the absorption of medication:

Grapefruit juices ( all kinds ) contain furanocoumarins. These quickly inhibit/suppress, in the gut, the family of enzymes called the cytochrome P-450 system, in particular one known as CYP 3A4. These enzymes chew up and metabolize medications and other compounds taken orally, in the gut, before they can be absorbed. Grapefruit juice interferes with the ability of CYP 3A4 to do that, increasing the potency of a drug by letting more of it enter the bloodstream, which causes an increase in drug effect of up to 10x, and possibly side effects of that drug.

See the following website: http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/befree/MagicJuiceCombo.html

Detoxification: Clear your body of Toxins:

Ridding your body of toxins is also necessary to get the maximum results from medications and oral supplementation.

I have found that detoxifying increases the therapeutic reaction to magnesium oil and oral magnesium supplements; at least, in my case.

I do the following:

Whole Lemon Drink:

4 to 6 oz. on an empty stomach. Can do once to twice a day, for at least 3 days per week.
Combine and blend in a blender or food processor: chopped lemons skin, seeds, and all, with approximately 1 tablespoon of cold-pressed olive oil per lemon, and some distilled water. ( I drink mine fairly thick. )

Cold-pressed Castor Oil Heat Pack/with Whole Lemon Drink:

Apply cold-pressed castor oil to any white or natural, undyed piece of material or towel. Lie down and place over abdominal area, and cover with some sort of plastic. Place a towel over this, then apply a heating pad, for ½ to 1 hour. Drink the Whole Lemon drink before you lie down, and drink plenty of water while doing the heat pack. ( This causes rapid lymphatic drainage, so be prepared to urinate quite a bit. )

Bentonite Clay:

I also use Bentonite Clay in a thick paste, applied externally to feet and lower legs; and on abdominal area ( you can use this in other areas as well, but these spots work nicely ).
I use a basin and a big spoon, and keep applying it, letting it dry, applying more, for at least an hour.
In warmer months, I do this outside and rinse it off with a hose. When I have to use this indoors, I do not rinse it off in the tub or shower, because it is clogging to the plumbing. I scrape it off over some newspaper, then discard it.

It is quite possible that the “zaps” you and many others describe could be eliminated by use of magnesium. I have seen these ‘zaps” described as a type of epileptiform brain seizure…..and magnesium definitely has an impact on any type of seizure disorders. In fact it has been found by some doctors to be the only thing that caused the elimination of seizures in people who were thought to have intractable seizures . (could not be stopped or controlled).