They’re free unless noted.)Ĭare4Today, CareZone, CeyHello, Do not forget your pills, Dose Direct, Dose Organizer ($1), Dosecast, Easy Pill ($3), GenieMD, iCare-Medication Reminder, Mango Health-Medicine Manager, Pill Reminder, Med Helper-Pill Reminder and Medication Tracker, MedBox-Medication Reminder and Rx Tracker, MedCoach Medication Reminder, Medi-Prompt-Medication Reminder and Log ($4), Medisafe Pill Reminder & Medication Tracker, MedOClock-Free Pill Reminder with Health Journal, Meds Alert, Meds Tracker: Medication Daily Reminder and Tracker, Memo Health-Smart pill reminder & meds manager, Memo Pill Reminder, Mr.
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Many apps have identical names, so I’ve included the full title as it appears on the app store. (I eliminated apps that are over three years old, since they’re usually pretty creaky, so there are fewer than 75 here. Here’s the complete list of apps I tried. An app that tracks your meds through the day. I know, because I bought, installed, and tested every single one, on a quest for the best. The point is: There should be an app that reminds you of what to take when, and records your adherence. In fact, there is an app like that-at least 47 of them, actually. Now imagine that you’re on 10 prescriptions. When I was recovering from a kidney stone last year, my doctor told me to take ibuprofen, two pills, four times a day phenazopyridine, one pill, three times a day ciprofloxacin, two pills twice a day docusate sodium, one capsule, three times a day and solifenacin succinate, one pill, once a day. They’re dying of what doctors call non-adherence-basically, not following instructions.Īnd you don’t have to be old and feeble to have trouble.And roughly 125,000 Americans die every year as a result, according to research cited by the then-US surgeon general in 2012.
Up to 50% of us don’t take our medicines as prescribed (wrong times, wrong amounts, wrong meds), according to NEIH.110 million prescriptions were never even picked up in the year 2008 alone, according to an estimate from CVS Pharmacies.An estimated 187 million Americans (58%) are on at least one prescription drug, according to the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEIH).You want to hear some numbers that’ll curl your toes?
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