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IMO, it would be perfectly reasonable to include a warning saying that grapefruit is known to interact with many medicines and should be taken with caution by m

IMO, it would be perfectly reasonable to include a warning saying that grapefruit is known to interact with many medicines and should be taken with caution by medicated individuals. That's more likely to prompt someone who's medicated into looking up if their drugs are affected by the fruit. At worst, it causes a few companies to have to print an extra line of text and it gets disregarded by users.

Test0129 4y ago
Why is it the grapefruit juice company's responsibility to let you know about your drug interactions? The cost to reprint labels is non-negligible and a tiny warning on the back is only going to be read by someone who ALSO reads their pamphlets with their medication. You're attempting to fix end user carelessness with bureaucracy which never works. Eventually this argument will move on to putting big bold warnings on the front of food, and then giant warning stickers like we do for cigarettes. At some point we have to allow people to have responsibility over their condition. Not only is the number of people affected by this small its also asinine. If it is a problem, make it a legal requirement to get drug counseling at the pharmacy before you can pick up your prescription. Otherwise it's a solution looking for a problem.
dehrmann 4y ago
So on a grapefruit, rather than the standard PLU sticker, there's a jumbo one with a cigarette-style warning?
- acadapter 4y ago
  For whole grapefruits sold by the kilogram or pound, there could be a sign next to the price.
tsimionescu 4y ago
Do you really think anyone would notice that warning after the third time they buy grapefruit their entire lives? Especially if the same warning appears on every common food that interacts with some common medication (for example, tea has potential bad interactions with SSRIs and other anti-depressants). This is 100% on your doctor, pharmacist, medicine producer, and yourself to check. Vague warnings on common foods would have 0 effect.

Test0129 4y ago

Why is it the grapefruit juice company's responsibility to let you know about your drug interactions? The cost to reprint labels is non-negligible and a tiny warning on the back is only going to be read by someone who ALSO reads their pamphlets with their medication. You're attempting to fix end user carelessness with bureaucracy which never works. Eventually this argument will move on to putting big bold warnings on the front of food, and then giant warning stickers like we do for cigarettes. At some point we have to allow people to have responsibility over their condition. Not only is the number of people affected by this small its also asinine. If it is a problem, make it a legal requirement to get drug counseling at the pharmacy before you can pick up your prescription. Otherwise it's a solution looking for a problem.

dehrmann 4y ago

So on a grapefruit, rather than the standard PLU sticker, there's a jumbo one with a cigarette-style warning?

acadapter 4y ago
For whole grapefruits sold by the kilogram or pound, there could be a sign next to the price.

tsimionescu 4y ago

Do you really think anyone would notice that warning after the third time they buy grapefruit their entire lives? Especially if the same warning appears on every common food that interacts with some common medication (for example, tea has potential bad interactions with SSRIs and other anti-depressants). This is 100% on your doctor, pharmacist, medicine producer, and yourself to check. Vague warnings on common foods would have 0 effect.