I love grapefruit juice.

The idea that you shouldn't take meds and drink/eat grapefruit.

Take for example the infamous coumadin effect. If eating grapefruit causes over absorption, doesn't that mean that if you want to eat grapefruit, that you take less of a dose? Isn't that a good thing?

In the 90s, an older lady I once knew had a heart valve replaced with a mechanical one, ergo the coumadin. She didn't know and no one in the Doc's office told her about the grapefruit effect beforehand. She ate it, and couldn't figure out why she was getting nosebleeds. I told her and she immediately stopped.

Granted, there might be some people who would never achieve a "happy medium" between grapefruit/meds. But for a lot of people, seems like it would be worth exploring.

Grapefruit’s culprit chemical does not interact directly with your pills. Instead, it binds to an enzyme in your intestinal tract known as CYP3A4, which reduces the absorption of certain medications. When grapefruit juice blocks the enzyme, it’s easier for the medication to pass from your gut to your bloodstream. Blood levels will rise faster and higher than normal, and in some cases the abnormally high levels can be dangerous.

A variety of medications can be boosted by grapefruit juice; the table below lists some of the most important along with related drugs that are less likely to be influenced.