[Everything doTERRA] heart/blood pressure meds and slim & sassy

I have been prescribed Verapamil ER for a heart arrhythmia. after a long long debate with myself and my husband I chose to take the medication for the sake of my children, UNTIL I lose all this weight and we are hoping my arrhythmia will go away. (honestly i'm doubtful about this because this heart condition started when i was 16 and very active fit and healthy and skinny) but I have had episodes of my heart pausing and me passing out. almost while driving, once in the grocery store and another time while sititng in my parked car. all with my two toddlers in tow. so I wanted you to understand why i'm taking it. i don't want to hurt them. ok the pharmacist adivsed to not drink grapefruit juice and when i asked why i was told it lessens the affects of the medication. i thought ok, i don't drink it and don't like it so no matter, i also asked just grapefruit and she said yes. well up unto this point i had been doing 5-8 drops of S&S in a shot glass daily. i continued figuring it was  only partly the oil of the grapefruit it would not effect the same way and well if it lessened the effect some no biggie. well i started having really bad reactions and experienced all the side effects. i assumed it was just my body getting used to the medication. and i kinda forgot about the whole grapefruit in the S&S thing. then i had my hand scanned and i started using the oils i had on hand that came up from the zyto scan. and stopped S&S for a while. well almost immediately the side effects of the medicine stopped. and haven't come back.

so i do some more research on verapamil and grapefruit and i find out that it does NOT lesson the effects, it increases the concentration in the plasma, keeps it from oxidizing and can lead to an over dose and severe toxicity.. GREAT!!! that is not the same as "lessons". I also found out that not only does grapefruit do it, but also seville orange juice, pimelo, and common orange juice can also cause the drug to be more bioavailable thus increasing concentrations in the plasma..

so i wouldn't think that our EOs would have the same effect but i'm not willing to risk dying to find out. now all the factors that cause this are in the intestines. so are there other ways to use S&S to help with metabolism? so would you avoid it all together.. and if i do aviod it. do you think i could make my own version without grapefruit. like mix lime, lemon, ginger, peppermint, and cinnamon?? 
i had just ordered wild orange to mix up what i'm drinking in my water, but i guess i won't be using that now either.. OH and aroma touch, that oil came up in my zyto scan but it has grapefruit, but i guess i would be using it on my skin so maybe not the same effects..

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