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I used acetaminophen as an example of drug that is killing many more people than grapefruit juice. It's possible we could take a more holistic look and see wher
by skmurphy 4y ago
I used acetaminophen as an example of drug that is killing many more people than grapefruit juice. It's possible we could take a more holistic look and see where else we could minimize unintentional overdoses and dangerous interactions.
The question is what additional measures would reduce--for example, cut in half--the current level of unintentional overdoses and drug interactions that cause liver failure.
What the doctors call polypharmacy and regular people call "grandma has a big bag of pills to take each day" is a serious problem for folks over 65 to pick a different aspect of the same challenge.
In my experience you will get nowhere if you will only explore interventions that "eliminate problems." Reduction in harm for effort and money invested is a better standard.