RxRemindersChange a dose or schedule
Update the app to match the directions you have been given. You can set up daily medications, short courses, tapering amounts, repeating cycles, and different amounts at different times.
Open the medication
Open the person’s or pet’s page and choose the medication. You can also touch and hold its dose on Today and open Medication details.
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How do I change a medication’s dose or schedule?
Open the medication and change its dose, schedule or label limits; each saves on its own screen. The medication itself and its strength can’t be changed, so if either is wrong, delete it and add the right one.
- On the person’s or pet’s page, tap the medication. On Today, touch and hold a dose, then tap Medication details, or tap the dose, then Medication details on its sheet.
- Tap Dose, Schedule or Label limits, make the change, then tap Save.
Choose the schedule
For a short course, set an end date. For a taper, enter each step’s amount and times. For a repeating cycle, enter the days on and off. If the amount differs between morning and bedtime, set an amount for each time.
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Can I set up a complicated schedule myself?
Yes. A medication can be taken at set times, including at waking and bedtime, every few hours, every few days, weeks or months, on certain days, once a month, for a set number of days, in steps for a taper, or only as needed. Before you save, the schedule shows its next doses.
- When you add a medication, tap Skip at the directions step, or open a saved medication and tap Schedule.
- Under How often, pick how it’s taken, such as In steps for a taper or Once a month. If only one is shown, tap Change to see them all.
- For a schedule that pauses, such as 21 days on and 7 off, turn on Repeat on an on/off cycle.
- For two or more set times a day, turn on Different amount at each time to give each time its own amount.
- Check Next doses, then tap Save.
Check before you save
Check the person, medication, next dose dates and times, amounts, and end date. Match the directions you have been given.
Stop, delete, or correct
Stopping a medication ends its reminders and keeps its dose history. If the medication or strength is wrong, delete it and add the correct one. Recorded doses remain in history and still count toward any current limits.
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How do I stop or delete a medication?
Stopping ends its reminders and keeps its history, which you can still see but not change. Deleting removes it for good. Either way, doses already logged still count toward its limits.
- Open the medication from the person’s or pet’s page.
- To stop it, tap Stop taking, then Stop.
- To remove it, tap Delete medication, then Delete.
When care is shared
Someone with Manage access can change medications and schedules. Confirm access allows dose recording, not schedule changes. Tell the people helping you about a changed regimen, and allow time for their devices to sync.