How some supplements interfere with medications

It’s not only certain foods that can spell trouble for some medications. One of the worst offenders: St. John’s wort. A phytochemical in the herb ramps up the cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) enzyme. (That’s the opposite of what grapefruit does to the enzyme.) That spurs the breakdown of many drugs.
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