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Posted 7/8/2011 4:26 PM (GMT 0)
I completely admit that I am bad about remembering to take my pills.  I am fortunate enough to be just on Pentasa and cholestyramine.  I NEVER, EVER, NEVER forget the cholestyramine because the ramifications are not pretty.  But I keep going on long jags of missing my Pentasa.  I get in a routine, then I miss some, then I miss a few days, then i miss many days.

I seem to remember meds in the morning, but forget them as the day goes by.  Since I have to wait 4 hours after the cholestyramine to take my other meds, I should be taking the pentasa at lunch time, dinner and bed (doc say split them into two times is OK also).  I can't move the chole. because that works best for me in the am.

I have tried a bottle in my office desk for lunch, little bottles in my purse, a reminder on my work calendar, notes on my desk at on the mirror at home.  Any other ideas?  I just can't seem to get back to taking the darn blue guys!

Posted 7/8/2011 5:09 PM (GMT 0)
I finally quit trying to take mine midday because I just couldn't remember either. So I revised and took them morning and night, with my other pills, until I quit Pentasa a few weeks ago. I keep all of my meds & supplements in a gigantic pill box (7 days x 4).

Set an alarm on your wrist watch (get a digital Timex sport watch with multiple alarms) and take your pills when the alarm goes off, no excuses. This is how I remember to give my daughter her meds and it has worked well.
Posted 7/8/2011 6:27 PM (GMT 0)
Before I was diagnosed I only had to take lisinopril for my BP. But afterwards with being put on all sorts of stuff some multiple times a day I had to make a chart so I wouldn't lapse. It's worked well for me.
Posted 7/8/2011 8:21 PM (GMT 0)

kazbern....I forgot about the watch idea.  I used to do that many years ago and I think it worked back then.  I am going to look for another Timex Expedition...it had two alarms you could set so I ouwld remember both times.

Thanks for the ideas

Posted 7/8/2011 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
I'm good about taking pills right when I get up, but it gets more difficult as the day wears on. I set an alarm on my phone that goes off every night at 11. The tone is one that I don't use for anything else. I don't turn the alarm off until I take my pills.
Posted 7/8/2011 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
I was going to say the phone too. I am VERY compliant on pills. Any thing other than pills and I am iffy. But when my husband was on warfarin, he was not good at remembering. Since he took them at night, we set MY phone to an alarm and I would not turn it off until he took his medication. If he had a late meeting, I would text him to remind him. Could that help, if your husband reminded you?
Posted 7/8/2011 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
iphone alarm is the only way I remember to take mine. I will not let myself turn it off until meds are taken.
Posted 7/8/2011 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
iphone alarm is the only way I remember to take mine. I will not let myself turn it off until meds are taken.
Posted 7/9/2011 12:13 PM (GMT 0)
I used to have to set TWO midday alarms a few minutes apart to remember my pills. Otherwise I would turn off the first alarm and still forget! :(
Posted 7/9/2011 7:09 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah, you gotta be careful about turning it off before you actually take the pills. I don't do that any more. Alarm stays on until the pills are in my hand.
Posted 7/10/2011 5:41 AM (GMT 0)
shhhess I have sooo many pills to take (about 30 currently) so I'll tell you what I do
every morning I do my pills for the day
I have 2 containers that I put my Pentasa in.. one lid is marked 6 and the other 12
when I take the 6 o'clock I put 2 more in that container and change the lids so it now says 12 o'clock
I always know when I have taken it or forgotten and the most I can miss during a 24 hr period is one dosing if I don't wake up to take the 6 am
I was doing them at 4 and 10 but 6 and 12 works out better for me overall.. you just have to remember it and it becomes habit

the other pills are in 2 separate containers.. morning pills taken after my breakfast, and bedtime pills which I just sit with and keep popping them in my mouth every hour or so till they are finished as I drink my chamomile tea
NY VEGGIE
Posted 7/11/2011 3:44 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for all of the ideas folks.  I can't set an audible alarm during work hours, but I am thinking I will use the vibrate feature for noon time.  NOTE  I have taken part 1 of 2 today!!!!

Posted 3/26/2012 12:01 PM (GMT 0)
I use MedOnTime . It’s android application and it’s for free. Nice app. Reminders work great. I use it daily. Find it on Google play market
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