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I rarely forget to take them completely sometimes its a bit later even as much as 5 hours but rarely forget completely. What I am finding difficult since I had a third medication added is ordering them in time to make sure I don't run out. I used to be able to order the two I was on before at the same time but the third one doesn't match up now. I have three prescribed to take at night and one herbal, only one prescribed in the morning with three herbal. They are in two separate weekly dossett boxes one is upstairs one down.

Me and my husband have to take tablets both underactive thyroid I take vitamins also and husband has to take warfarin tablets and depression tablets this one particular day I was sorting them mine and his separately I was really tired and got distracted and accidentally took my husbands tablets I did inform the doctor who told me what to look out for so now I do husbands first once he's taken his then I do mine

Im pleased to say I don’t have this problem as I don’t take any medication and try to keep it that way.

Making sure that Local Surgery and Pharmacy computer systems are talking to each other Had lots of monthly prescription requests that have not been put through.

Both parties blame each other and their respective IT systems

Ensuring that l don't lose or inadvertently throw medicines away.

The biggest threat to remembering to take my medication is a temporary change in routine. I don't have an issue unless it's routine related, having someone to stay, being on holiday or having a change to my routine to fit in an early start etc can all lead to a forgotten pill.

henetha

Why is it that I never forget my morning tablets but have trouble remembering my evening ones? I really must find a way.

My husband takes one evening tablet and there is a message from Alexa to remind him to take it.

Mine are delivered each month by my local chemist.

My morning blood pressure tablets are in a rotating dispenser and my evening ones, for restless legs, are in a pink zip up case.

The main problem is having to wait at least 4 hours between taking paracetamol, by which time my legs are driving me insane. I often have to get up and walk around for a while, before I spray them again with magnesium oil, and rub in magnesium cream.

Only take two a day so no big problem for me

I take supplements so no biggy if I miss.
Bottles are kept next to my mugs in the cupboard so I see them at breakfast and lunch.

I take a cocktail of prescribed tablets and supplements every day and a small number in the evening. Remembering in the morning is no problem -Blood pressure tablet when I wake up, on an empty stomach then the rest with breakfast. It's the evening I struggle with as I sometimes forget to take them. Fortunately I don't seem to have suffered ill effects when I have forgotten. I'm also on weekly Ozempic injections. The syringes need to be kept in the fridge so not by my other meds so I sometimes forget when it's due. Again it doesn't seem to be a problem if I miss and take it a day late and if I'm going away for a week or less I adjust the days so I don't have to take it away with me! It was fun travelling to visit my DD overseas for 3 weeks as I had to pack the syringe with a freezer pack and faced lots of questions at Heathrow!

What most irritates me is the way the pills and their accompanying boxes keep changing in size, shape and colour from one month to the other.

My biggest problem is very small pills in blister packs that are difficult to open if you have any issues with manual dexterity.