Nimodipine
Comprehensive clinical interaction and dietary monograph for Nimodipine (Nimodipine).
Kitchen Food, Drink & Dietary Conflicts
Biochemical interactions with common foods, beverages & cooking ingredientsDo not drink grapefruit juice or eat grapefruit while you are taking nimodipine.
Grapefruit / Pomelo (Citrus paradisi / Citrus maxima)
Destroys enterocyte CYP3A4 enzymes, collapsing first-pass drug metabolism and causing up to 12-fold spikes in bioavailability for oral CYP3A4 substrates (statins, calcium channel blockers, immunosuppressants, PDE5 inhibitors).
Fresh Orange Juice & Apple Juice (OATP Influx Blockers)
Unlike CYP3A4 inhibitors that increase drug levels, fruit juice bioflavonoids block the enterocyte OATP influx pumps, plummeting absorption of oral fexofenadine (Allegra), ciprofloxacin, and atenolol by 30-70%.
Prescription & OTC Drug Interactions (DDI)
Documented pharmacological conflicts & contraindicated co-prescriptionsDietary Supplements, Herbs & Minerals (DNI)
Interactions with over-the-counter vitamins, minerals, and herbal preparationsChronotherapy & Meal Administration Protocols
Optimal absorption, meal-timing rules & GI tolerability protocolsNimodipine should be taken on an empty stomach, at least 1 hour before a meal or 2 hours after a meal Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand.
Rationale: Food constituents interfere with gastrointestinal absorption or gastric emptying.
Frequently Researched Drug-Substance Combinations
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Data on this clinical monograph is compiled from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (MedlinePlus), openFDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL Section 7 Drug Interactions), the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), and Krause and Mahan's Food & Nutrition Care Process.