I’m not sure which of my drugs said not to eat grapefruit with it but I think it was my Atorvastatin. I don’t know about my Aripiprazole. Either way, I can’t eat grapefruit with my drugs either.
" ·Notes for Consumers: Tell your health care provider if you drink grapefruit juice regularly. An interaction between Aripiprazole and Grapefruit juice is possible, but they may be used together. Grapefruit juice may change the amount of Aripiprazole in the blood. If you drink Grapefruit juice regularly, do not change how often or how much grapefruit juice you drink until you talk to your health care provider. If you experience nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, tremor or other unusual effect, contact your health care provider."
This was for grapefruit juice and not eating grapefruit though.
I love grapefruits. I started eating it a year ago, no problems. I am on risperdal. I found a pdf online that shows with what it interacts and the degree of interaction. My drs never told me to not eat grapefruit. I had one yesterday.
“Grapefruit and grapefruit juice inhibit CYP3A4 metabolism in gut enterocytes, and therefore may decrease aripiprazole metabolism, resulting in increased blood concentrations of aripiprazole. Patients should not significantly adjust their intake of grapefruit or grapefruit juice while taking aripiprazole. As with drugs that significantly inhibit the CYP3A4 pathway, consideration should be given to altering the aripiprazole dose.”
I guess thats the safer option. Personally I never had an issue and have been eating lots of grapefruits and drinking lots of grapefruit juice during the past year.