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"There are only a few drugs in each of those categories that are affected," said Melinda Martin, a registered dietician at Huntington Hospital.

"So there are plenty of other medications a person could take that would not interact with grapefruit." Martin said that no grapefruit products are served at Huntington Hospital.

Even as little as an 8-ounce glass of grapefruit juice could last from 24 to 72 hours in the body, she said.

The grapefruit stands almost alone in its effect on the body's enzymes.

But researchers have found that the Seville orange, a bitter orange used primarily in marmalade, also can have a similar effect.

Martin also advises patients not to eat tangelos, a hybrid form of grapefruit.

There is ongoing research into the grapefruit effect.

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David Greenblatt, a clinical pharmacologist at Tufts University School of Medicine, has been involved in grapefruit research with both industry and government funding.

At Tufts, he is looking into a variety of drugs to determine if they may be affected by grapefruit, and researching ways to reduce or eliminate that effect.

Greenblatt said there are a great many variables among the drugs and the people taking them.

He said most clinical studies refer to grapefruit juice rather than pulp, because it is difficult to standardize the injestion of pulp.

Some media reports have exaggerated the danger, he said, adding that doctors and pharmacists regularly disp...

"They're all lies." A spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney's office confirmed that investigators are looking into a criminal complaint filed against Monahan.

The firm said she was fired for allegedly committing credit card fraud, check forgery and identity theft.

"[Iseman] is the victim of this woman," Berger said.

Monahan, 35, joined Caxton-Iseman in August 2005 as Iseman's executive assistant.

She now alleges that she was subjected to a crass work environment in which she was directed to buy bottles of sexual lubricant and a book titled "The Mammoth Book of Women's Erotic Fantasies" for her boss.

She allegedly was ordered to rent a studio apartment for his sex flings, as part of "Operation F-pad." "None of this ever happened," Berger said.

Davida Perry, an attorney for Monahan, did not return phone calls.

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