Pill Reminder by Drugs.com app review: never forget a pill

Introduction

If you take medication daily or even if you're just on a round of antibiotics and need to temporarily take medication, remembering to take it on time each day can be a real chore. The Pill Reminder by Drugs.com app is meant to take that burden off your shoulders as it will do the remembering for you and remind you it's time to take your pill. The app was designed to be quick and easy to use with just basic features offered.

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No Such Thing as Forgetting

How many times have you forgotten to take a particular medication or wondered what time you're supposed to be taking it because you can't remember when you took it last? This can be stressful and also unhealthy for your body to be missing pills or taking them at the wrong time. This app was created not only to remind you when to take your pill but also to act as a personal medication record (PMR). Think of it as "medication management," as the developer likes to call it.

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What's great is that this app has plenty of uses; don't just think of it in terms of "medication." You can use this app to remind you and record details on vitamins, birth control pills, and supplements. All of these are taken on a regular basis and probably at approximately the same time of day each day. Even if you're just suffering from a common cold and want to record and remember when you last took your cold medication the app can work for you.

Use this reminder tool for yourself or even to keep track of your child or elderly parent's medications.

 

Setting Up a Reminder

Setting up a reminder is simple and quick. You can enter in the drug’s name, form, strength, any notes, and who is taking it (the person). Turn the pill reminder status on or off as well as the refill reminder. This is even great if you have elderly parents who have a hard time remembering to take their medication; you can remind them and not worry about them. There is also the option to take a picture of the medication in order to help you identify which one it is.

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Your refill reminder can be set up much the same way and is simple and quick again.

All reminders can be set as a one-time reminder or a recurring one. The app also offers a PIN lock to keep your information private and secure.

 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Set up one-time or recurring pill and refill reminders
• Assign the reminder for any person in your family
• Schedule as many reminders as you want
• Customize the reminder details/information

 

Cons

• The app can be a bit cumbersome to set up as you get used to it

 

Final Thoughts

The Pill Reminder app is meant to help you remember to take any and all your medications, supplements, and vitamins on time so you don’t have to worry about missing doses ever again. I think in this regard it definitely follows through with a relatively simple user interface design.