Challenge: What fruit is shown above and what is the cause of the CK elevation?
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Challenge: What fruit is shown above and what is the cause of the CK elevation?
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Hello
This is a grapefruit, part of the citrus family.
Grapefruit is a great fruit, except when mixing it with medicine. it is an inhibitor for cytochromes.
grapefruit and grapefruit saft has been shown to increase the plasma concentration of drugs and mess with the metabolism of many moluecules.
this is probably the case here. it might have something to do with the high Potassium concentration found in this fruit
thats my guess, am i right?
on the right track - nice job!
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Grapefruit inhibits CYP3A4 and this can lead to statin myopathy in conjunction with lovastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin.
Source: UpToDate.
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