App saved my life!
I don’t usually take prescription medication but have had to recently due to medical complications from an emergency hospital visit. When I do I usually research the med and it’s side effects. Even in my research I don’t always come across every interaction it has with other foods or meds. Seems like more meds keep getting added to my care every other day. My doctor called me this afternoon with a new med based on some lab work. No mention to interactions with my current meds. My husband picks up the meds from the pharmacy, no mention by the pharmacist of any interactions. Load the new med into the app and check for interactions and critical alert and red is what I see. Immediately call the pharmacist and not only could I not take the med at the time I was planning, I can’t take it with 2 of my other critical meds. If it wasn’t for this app I don’t know if I would have found this interaction on my own but my doctors and pharmacist most certainly should have. With my vitals and current condition there was a high chance that I would have stopped breathing in the middle of the night. Thank you seriously! This app is amazing and I will keep using for every family member and love I can use it when I go down to just my supplements.
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Good…but has gone backwards.
This app was great when I first downloaded it several years ago. Would work seamlessly without a glitch.
That was then…lately when they have updated this app, it can no longer accurately keep track of your remaining medication, even when you mark it as taken. I purposely depleted two of my medications, updated the stock to 30 on each…almost 2 weeks in, it says I have 22 in stock, when I have taken already taken 10.
The developers know about this issue, yet haven’t worked out the issue. Just go back to the old version when it worked fantastic.
That was then…lately when they have updated this app, it can no longer accurately keep track of your remaining medication, even when you mark it as taken. I purposely depleted two of my medications, updated the stock to 30 on each…almost 2 weeks in, it says I have 22 in stock, when I have taken already taken 10.
The developers know about this issue, yet haven’t worked out the issue. Just go back to the old version when it worked fantastic.
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Almost all Pros, only one Con
I love this app. I’ve been using it for about 6 months now. I’ll admit sometimes when it goes “ding” I get irritated. But that’s good. If it didn’t go off, I probably would miss that dose. I like how flexible it is in scheduling. I love how it helps keep track of how many pills I have left and can help me remember to refill in time. The only thing is dislike - and it is really bothersome - is how it asks me every time I change time zones if I want to update to the new time zone. I change time zones sometimes 6 times a week. And when it prompts me, the answer is ALWAYS the same. Yes. Change time zones. It would be a lot less irritating if we could just set something in settings so that it would just do it and not ask us. It’s not like I will likely ever give it a different answer. That’s the one improvement I’d ask for.
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I never knew I needed this so much!!!
This app!!! So simple to use and yet so powerful! I have struggled for years to keep up with my med schedule on my own (manually). When a friend suggested this app, I thought, “Why have I never considered trying to manage them through technology?!” And I am so amazed! Just Wow! It’s changed my life so much!! I literally have to take medicine every two hours, so getting an alert instead of having to watch the clock is such a game changer for me! Also, no more guessing whether I took a medicine or not … and what time I actually took it (which is important for timing out my meds because I can’t take certain meds too close together). I can look back and say, “oh yeah, I was late taking this med by 30 minutes, so let me reschedule this next med for 30 minutes later. Oh, and that throws off the schedule for these others, so let me “easily” reschedule those as well.” Entering all my meds into the app was so easy and being able to enter the Rx number, amount of pills left, and set notifications for when to refill … guys, I just can’t say enough. It’s one of the simplest apps on my phone, but one that has had the greatest impact on my life. Thank you (to the developers) for making such a great, well thought out, powerful but simple to use app. It’s simplicity to use is what makes it so great. Making it complicated would have detracted from its power as the time-saving, life-saving tool you’ve developed.
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Really great for reminding me to take my meds
Great at reminding me to take my daily meds. One thing I've noticed is that the quantity of my pills isn't always accurate at the tail end. This may be because I've missed ticking it off? Perhaps a "monthly calendar" which shows which days you've taken your meds and which days you've skipped/missed would be helpful to users.
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Good, but needs work
I need a reliable medicine counter because I am taking a dangerous PRN medication at the moment that is vitally important to record accurately.
I can do it with this app, but it takes a lot of fiddling. There are no reminders when the time is up before you are able to take another dose. It is difficult to record doses of PRN medication as well - sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t, and you have to go through and adjust things manually.
This app would definitely not be suitable for someone suffering dementia. If you have dementia, for your own safety, find a different app which allows you to keep up with your PRN (ie ‘as needed’) medications much more easily, or you’ll run the risk of overdosing or not having an accurate reminder system for when your medication runs out.
I can do it with this app, but it takes a lot of fiddling. There are no reminders when the time is up before you are able to take another dose. It is difficult to record doses of PRN medication as well - sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t, and you have to go through and adjust things manually.
This app would definitely not be suitable for someone suffering dementia. If you have dementia, for your own safety, find a different app which allows you to keep up with your PRN (ie ‘as needed’) medications much more easily, or you’ll run the risk of overdosing or not having an accurate reminder system for when your medication runs out.
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A Very Tight Piece of Kit…(Actually, It’s a Digital Dumpster Fire!)
I’ve been searching for a solid med-tracking app for a few years now. My casual perusals became much more serious and focused when I was diagnosed in August, on the same day, with Stage IV cancer and diabetes. I need an app that will remind me, inform me and, if necessary, rat me out. Medisafe fulfills my brief nicely. It does exactly what it says on the tin. I love the inclusion of a functional native watch app, this greatly enhances the utility of Medisafe. My only wish, is that Medisafe was a 3rd party data source for the Siri watchface - that would definitely put it in a much higher orbit!
*UPDATE 9 APRIL 2022: I have completely given up on this app. MediSafe has become too unstable to run on any of my devices. At this point, the only consistent feature of this app is that if it’s launched, it will surely crash. This is far from ideal for a mission critical, paid for application. My numerous attempts to interface with Tech/Customer Support to a successful resolution of the issues had yielded no positive results. I now voting with my feet and my wallet — taking my money and my attention to Pill Alert (an app that ACTUALLY WORKS!).
Please heed my warning and Run Away!!!
*UPDATE 9 APRIL 2022: I have completely given up on this app. MediSafe has become too unstable to run on any of my devices. At this point, the only consistent feature of this app is that if it’s launched, it will surely crash. This is far from ideal for a mission critical, paid for application. My numerous attempts to interface with Tech/Customer Support to a successful resolution of the issues had yielded no positive results. I now voting with my feet and my wallet — taking my money and my attention to Pill Alert (an app that ACTUALLY WORKS!).
Please heed my warning and Run Away!!!
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Very helpful, one suggestion for +1 star
Firstly, I have been using this app every day for many years. There have been little frustrations here and there with the user interface, but I can’t recall having any issue that resulted in me missing any of my multiple, daily medications. I have mistakenly taken medications at the wrong time, or more commonly marked the wrong one at the wrong time, however. *** My suggestion is: give an option to set and display the reminder times in 24 HOUR clock. For my “every 12 hour” meds this is a more easily readable, quicker, accurate and visually apparent time reading. *** Too often, due to having phone muted for example, missed the three alarms for 10:00 AM med, I remember after meeting at 11:12 take it and mistakenly tap that I took the 10:00 PM med b/c it’s first thing I see. Here’s the issue: I do not get my alarm to take it at 10:00 PM. If it displayed 22:00 that would be very visually obvious to me. Also some UI text is very small.
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If you are on any medications, this is a must!
The title says it. For real, even if you are only on one medication, I would strongly recommend using this app.
I downloaded this app after receiving ankle surgery. I went from being on no medications to 5, all with varying times and dosages. I needed help.
This app made what could have been a very overwhelming experience rather simple. You enter each medication, dosage time, amount, and frequency, and it creates a schedule for you. That’s exactly what I needed.
When it’s time to take a medication, the app will alert you. It will continue to send out alerts until you have marked that dose as “taken” or “skipped”.
It’s a perfect system (at least for me!).
Some other notable features….
- Reports (you can view reports on your medication history, showing how many doses were taken and missed.)
- Health Tracking (track your symptoms- for example… pain, mood, drowsiness)
- Interaction Tracker and medication education!
- Medifriend (Add a friend to your account, and they will be alerted if you miss doses! Great for safety and accountability).
I must note, I did not upgrade to the paid version. So I cannot speak to that… But what I can say is, I didn’t feel like I was missing out on anything being on the free version!
Wonderful tool. Good job, Medisafe!
I downloaded this app after receiving ankle surgery. I went from being on no medications to 5, all with varying times and dosages. I needed help.
This app made what could have been a very overwhelming experience rather simple. You enter each medication, dosage time, amount, and frequency, and it creates a schedule for you. That’s exactly what I needed.
When it’s time to take a medication, the app will alert you. It will continue to send out alerts until you have marked that dose as “taken” or “skipped”.
It’s a perfect system (at least for me!).
Some other notable features….
- Reports (you can view reports on your medication history, showing how many doses were taken and missed.)
- Health Tracking (track your symptoms- for example… pain, mood, drowsiness)
- Interaction Tracker and medication education!
- Medifriend (Add a friend to your account, and they will be alerted if you miss doses! Great for safety and accountability).
I must note, I did not upgrade to the paid version. So I cannot speak to that… But what I can say is, I didn’t feel like I was missing out on anything being on the free version!
Wonderful tool. Good job, Medisafe!
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Thanks - great app (just two small comments)
Thanks +++ for this app, it’s such an integral part of my life. Just some small comments to consider. Since the last big update I’ve noticed a couple of small problems:
Firstly, half the time I the app after receiving the notification, the screen stays on the previous day, and I have to swipe left to move to today’s date. It’s only a small issue, but probably easy for you to fix?
Secondly, I used to be able to acknowledge I’d taken my pills directly from the notification alerts - without having to opening the app (I loved this!). Since the last big update this is no longer possible. Will you re-introduce that function?
Firstly, half the time I the app after receiving the notification, the screen stays on the previous day, and I have to swipe left to move to today’s date. It’s only a small issue, but probably easy for you to fix?
Secondly, I used to be able to acknowledge I’d taken my pills directly from the notification alerts - without having to opening the app (I loved this!). Since the last big update this is no longer possible. Will you re-introduce that function?
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