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@gingerw

@parkerjean Like you, I take several prescriptions, and even more over-the-counter supplements! Sometimes it takes a bit of a project to find the method that works best for you, doesn't it?

As @johnbishop mentioned, having the "what works for me" setup helps ease our mind. While I can easily skip a non-prescription pill, I am paranoid about missing one of my needed ones! I bought a 4 times a day pill organizer, set of two, so there is enough for me to do my medications for two weeks at a time. Each day can be pulled out and taken with me if I won't be home for a required dose. The only thing not going in that organizer is my chemotherapy medication, which has to be kept separate. I take that once a day, at 8pm. I utilize a storage container to hold all my medications, over-the-counter and prescription, and keep a list in there to refer to. I also use a sharpie type pen to write right on the bottle how often the contents are taken. When I sit to fill everything up, all the bottles come out of the container. One by one I fill each medication in to the pill organizers, placing the bottle into the container when done, and checking it against the list. I am not too proud to know that I could forget, or mess up, and just don't want that risk! This has worked for me for quite some time, now.

Does this give you any ideas?
Ginger

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I have ht Four time slot for each day to the week. I do not take any supplements but after joining Connect, I am going to talk to my PCP about some. My main problem is forgetting the correct time of day to take the Meds. Lost in my own mind. HA HA Thanks for the info. Best regards Parker.