How to use computers to easily remind yourself when to take medications. Easy for even the novice computer user.

To find a free tool that reminds you to take your medication go to http://www.mymedschedule.com.

While technology has provided us with a variety of ways to communicate, accomplish daily tasks, and keep ourselves safe, there are still those who don’t feel comfortable using computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices. This can cause for a rift in communication and can make it harder for the technologically impaired to accomplish their daily tasks. 

If you know someone who is technologically impaired that is on a number of medications, you know they probably have some sort of strange and cumbersome ritual to make sure they take all the right medications everyday. They might have one of those medication organizers with the compartments for every day of the week. They might have a post-it note that tells them they have taken their medicine for the day. Some people even flip their prescription bottle upside down to tell them they have taken their medicine for the day. 

There are easier ways for people to remember to take their medications. If you are handy with technology, and you know someone who could use a little bit of help, you could show them the ropes of an online medication schedule. If you’re willing to guide them through all of the steps to making a medication schedule, they might be willing to listen. Also, it might be a good idea to try and get their doctor on board to encourage them that this is a great way to remember to take the right medicine. 

A medication schedule isn’t just about what medicines to take on what day. The more medicines you take the more complex your schedule becomes. You need to know how many pills to take at what time of day, and medication schedules will also tell you what each pill looks like and when you should get it refilled. Medication schedules make it easy for you whether you take generic brand medications or have a name brand prescription. Online medication schedules have many benefits that cannot compare to a pill organizer with compartments. 

Even if you just print out a scheduled for your loved one, you can still help them to get the full benefits of using an online medication schedule without having to “give in” to technology. People who are technology impaired are usually that way by choice. They don’t want to change their lifestyle to incorporate complex electronic devices. So, if you simply print out their weekly or monthly schedule for them, you’ll be doing them a great favor. 

While not everyone has the time and the skills to use an online medication schedule, their benefits really outweigh any setbacks. You can get medication reminders sent to your e-mail, cell phone, or sign on everyday to make sure all of your medications are in order and none of them need to be refilled. You can also talk to your doctor about creating and maintaining a medication schedule that works for you. Even if you’re technologically impaired, maybe your doctor can print out a schedule for you.

Why an electronic medicine schedule can help remind you to take your medication. Make it easy for yourself by reminding yourself via text messaging and email, learn free ways to utilize this technology. 

To find a free medication chart scheduling services and reminding services via text and email go to http://www.mymedschedule.com.

With advancements in technology and healthcare, there are also advancements in the way medication and treatment is administered to patients. The whole world is connected these days, and no matter what your age, you are probably connected in some way to others. Diabetics have electronic meters that can tell them their blood sugar with the press of a button. Medical and dental records can be sent over the internet is people move or want to change doctors. There is also an easier way to remember to take your medication.

If you’re a young person that has a disease, it might be hard for you to feel like a “normal” person sometimes. You have to remember what medicines to take and when to take them, and sometimes they can conflict with your plans as a kid or teenager. What if there was an easier way? By creating an electronic medicine schedule, you can be reminded to take your medications with a simple beep on your cell phone. You can discreetly carry the medicine you need in your purse or car, and when your phone goes off, no one will be able to tell whether you’re getting a text message or a reminder to take your meds.

Electronic medicine schedules can be set up on the internet. You can print out a paper schedule if you’re not always by a computer. If you need some help filling out your schedule, you can take it to your local doctor and work together to create a schedule that works for you. Most electronic medicine schedule websites allow you to utilize all the popular social media outlets to keep you healthy. You can join groups on Facebook and Twitter that can give you helpful links about the latest in medical technology and how to stay well.

Even if you only have one medication to take daily, it could be an important one, such as birth control. A daily reminder on your phone or computer will help you to remember to take it. Maybe you work in an office and spend the whole day on the computer. If you have an e-mail reminder that pops up midday, you’ll remember to take your pills, even if you’re up to your eyebrows in important paperwork.

If you’re a caretaker or you have a relative who isn’t into technology, you can create a schedule for them to help them remember to take their medicine. Even if you’re the one creating the schedule, a simple landline call to grandma or grandpa could help them remember to take their medication.

Electronic medicine schedules are all about what works for you. You can choose to be reminded by e-mail, text, or print out your schedule. You can get it in a number of different languages. Some schedules even allow you to post a picture of what particular pills look like, so you won’t confuse any of your medications. With a number of options, electronic medicine schedules are a great way to stay well.

Taking more than 1 type of medication? Confused about how much, of which color, at what time? If so, you or your caretaker, must listen carefully.

TryThisTip.com also says MyMedSchedule is a “fabulous FREE organizational tool for recording and updating all information relating to the administration of medication.” View the whole post.

“As a new kidney transplant recipient, I found MyMedSchedule.com to be the most important reminder tool that I can use to adhere to my doctor-prescribed medication schedule. It is now my duty to follow my doctor’s orders to the letter if I want to keep my new kidney from rejecting. By having the assistance of a well organized printed schedule, I can follow it to the letter.”

—Jeffrey P. Lerer
San Ramon, CA.

The Center for Advancing Health has published an article exploring strategies for people with chronic illnesses to deal with the large number of medications they take:

“As complicated as it can be, taking your medications correctly really matters. Taking medications incorrectly can threaten your very ability to live independently. ‘Medication non-adherence contributes … to 23 percent of all nursing home admissions,’ the [Center for Technology and Aging] report says.”

 The article includes tips and links to online tools like MyMedSchedule that help make it easier to manage multiple medications. Read the article.

Many thanks to the American Transplant Foundation for recommending MyMedSchedule via Twitter!

AmerTransplant Good for transplant recipients! RT @TransplantExp Stay on track with text message or email medication reminders. www.MyMedSchedule.com

In her blog Journey to a Healthier Me, Pam shows how she uses MyMedSchedule to help keep her complicated vitamin regimen organized. Her post includes photos and tips for storing and sorting pills.

Read Pam's post here.

"I have found MyMedSchedule incredibly useful and I use it for my clients. They now have colorful charts of their meds and can check them off as they take them. It's the perfect tool and I thank you! "

Marie Dorsey
Clinical Pharmacist
hivalliance.org