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I agree, it would be nice to have boxes of medication come with obvious large prints in style "grapefruit + this medicine = DEATH, tomato juice + this medicine
by flowerbreeze 4y ago
I agree, it would be nice to have boxes of medication come with obvious large prints in style "grapefruit + this medicine = DEATH, tomato juice + this medicine = VOMIT FOR DAYS, YAY".
It seems that the most deadly things should be pointed out in bold and in as simple language as possible. Like in (human friendly) UX design, what is important should look important.
I suspect that the reason they don't want to put it on the boxes is largely because brands don't want medication to look dangerous in any way. The excuse that might be made about is that "pamphlet must be read too, and if we print something on the box people won't read pamphlets", but it does not seem very convincing.
- refurb 4y agoThere are people at the FDA who do this day in and day out. Packaging is all approved by the FDA. Grapefruit interactions are a concern but so are a dozen other pieces of info. When I’ve gotten a prescription with a grapefruit interaction the medicine had a colorful sticker with a picture of grapefruit on it. That certainly caught my attention. https://shop.gohcl.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcode=2959 https://shop.gohcl.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcod...
- flowerbreeze 4y agoThis looks great, exactly what I meant. I'm not in US, and I've never seen any similar warnings on any medication unfortunately.