Articles
Tips, guides, and updates from the Medication Reminder App team.
How to Talk to Your Parent About Medication Help
A practical guide to starting the conversation about medication management with a parent who may be resistant. Learn approaches that respect autonomy while ensuring safety.
Signs Your Loved One Is Missing Their Medications
Learn to recognize the warning signs that your loved one is missing their medications, understand why it happens, and discover practical steps to help them get back on track.
Family Medication Sharing: Keeping Everyone on Track
Learn how family medication sharing works, how to manage multiple profiles, and how shared medication reminders keep your entire family on track with their health.
How to Manage Medications for Elderly Parents
Practical strategies for managing medications for elderly parents, including pill sorting tips, communication approaches, and tools that simplify senior medication management.
Managing Medications for a Loved One: A Caregiver's Guide
What it is actually like to manage someone else's medications — and how to do it without losing yourself in the process.
Understanding Your Prescription: Dosage, Timing, and Food Interactions
Decode your prescription label, understand dosage instructions, learn when and how to take your medications, and discover which foods can affect your drugs. A plain-language guide to prescription literacy.
How to Keep Track of Medication Side Effects
Learn practical methods for tracking medication side effects, identifying patterns, and communicating effectively with your doctor. Includes journaling templates and when to seek urgent care.
Traveling With Medications: The Complete Checklist
Everything you need to know about traveling with medications — TSA rules, international regulations, temperature storage, time zone adjustments, and a printable pre-trip checklist.
Pill Organizers vs Medication Reminder Apps: Which Is Better?
Comparing pill organizers and medication reminder apps side by side. Discover the pros, cons, and costs of each approach — and learn why many people use both for the best results.
How to Create a Medication Schedule That Actually Works
Learn how to build a medication schedule you will actually stick to. Practical strategies for timing multiple medications, anchoring doses to routines, and avoiding common scheduling mistakes.
How to Manage Multiple Medications Safely
A practical guide to managing multiple medications without losing your mind. Covers polypharmacy risks, organizing strategies, and tools that actually help you stay on track.
What Is Medication Non-Adherence Costing You?
The true financial, health, and societal costs of not taking medications as prescribed — and how to stop paying the price of non-adherence.