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Re: Looking for a Medicine Reminder App

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Once upon a time on usenet Joe Beanfish wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:12:31 +1200, ~misfit~ wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time on usenet chris wrote:
>>> On 27/07/2015 16:51, Cy Burnot wrote:
>>>> chris wrote on 7/27/2015 9:53 AM:
>>>>> On 15/07/2015 23:54, Cy Burnot wrote:
>>>>>> Big_Al wrote on 7/15/2015 5:57 PM:
>>>>>>> Cy Burnot wrote on 7/14/2015 5:29 PM:
>>>>>>>> At my age (80+), it has become difficult to remember what
>>>>>>>> pills to take, on what days, and what periods of time (eg.,
>>>>>>>> before breakfast). This made more complicated because some of
>>>>>>>> my meds are once a week, some are daily and one is "take X
>>>>>>>> every day except the day you take Y"!! If you have experience
>>>>>>>> with any app that help me, please let me know. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm aware you say APP, but I too have 3 times a day, 2 times a
>>>>>>> day, morning, and evening pills.   Now I don't have once a week
>>>>>>> or only if not this pills, but...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, anyway. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I, too, can handle the simple cases w/o an app.
>>>>>
>>>>> In defence of physical pill boxes, the added advantage is that
>>>>> they also tell you whether you've taken the pill or not. An app
>>>>> reminder can be easily ignored or not be within earshot.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know my dad is often not sure whether he took his pills or not
>>>>> and has to count backwards from what's left in the packet.
>>>>
>>>> I take 5 different meds in the morning and 4 in the evening. Do you
>>>> know of a pillbox that can handle that array??
> [...snip...]
>>> How about this one? Obviously it depends on the size of the pills,
>>> but this one looks like it should be able to fit 4-5 per
>>> compartment:
>>> http://www.completecareshop.co.uk/personal-care/pill-boxes-and-
> organisers/anabox-weekly-pill-box-rainbow-view-large
>>
>> Now that's nifty (if a little expensive for someone on an invalid's
>> benefit such as myself). If only it came in a 10 day version with
>> movable 'day' labels! (My 'restricted meds' are dispensed at 10 day
>> intervals, government legislation attempting to prevent misuse, sale
>> of prescription meds or suicide, accidental or otherwise.)
>>
>> I know, I could likely work around the dispensing period using a
>> weekly system but it wouldn't be as elegant. Current system consists
>> of multiple cheap 'morning, noon and evening' type containers and a
>> couple cheap (~$5) digital watches with alarms set sitting on my
>> desk. My android device is a tablet (Samsung Tab 3 8") and spends
>> most of its time in standby.
>
> So, maybe stick with your containers but add one or more google now
> repeating reminders for when it's time to take something. Those
> reminders ring incessantly until you tap done or delay 1 hour.

Thanks for the info. :)
-- 
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy 
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) 

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Re: Looking for a Medicine Reminder App chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 14:53 +0100
  Re: Looking for a Medicine Reminder App Cy Burnot <cyburnot@notgmail.com> - 2015-07-27 11:51 -0400
    Re: Looking for a Medicine Reminder App Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 18:16 +0200
    Re: Looking for a Medicine Reminder App chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:18 +0100
      Re: Looking for a Medicine Reminder App "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 13:12 +1200
        Re: Looking for a Medicine Reminder App Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2015-07-30 13:38 +0000
          Re: Looking for a Medicine Reminder App "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 15:09 +1200

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