Patients who begin taking colchicine should be taught to avoid eating grapefruit and drinking grapefruit juice as it may.
A. have no substantive effect on the actions of colchicine
B. cause a decrease in the platelet count
C. decrease hepatic metabolism of cholchicine
D. decrease the absorption of colchicine
Ans: C. decrease hepatic metabolism of cholchicine
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