Medicine Cabinet

How do I add a new medicine?

From the start up screen, tap on the pill bottle icon at the bottom left of the screen. This will take you to a list of all of the medicine currently in Medicine Cabinet.

Tap the plus sign in the bottom left of the screen. This will launch the new medicine entry screen. From there, simply enter the name, dosage, and frequency of the medicine as well as any notes you wish to keep.

Note... you can also add notes specific to the person taking the medicine once you add the med to a person.

How do I add a new person?

From the start up screen, tap on the person icon on the top right of the screen, then tap on the "add person" icon at the far left of the photos of existing people.

Add the information about the person and tap save.

How do I edit information about a person?

Tap on the person's name or photo to open to open the screen to edit information about a person.

How do I track multiple doses for the same medicine?

You can track multiple doses of the same medicine by entering the information for both doses in the dosage field of the medicine.

For example, let's say you have a medicine due twice a day, but the AM dose is 200ml and the PM dose is 400ml. When setting up the medicine, you can enter the dosage as, "AM:200ml PM:400ml."

This is also a good way to track different doses for family members taking the same medication in different dosage.

How do I set secret passcode?

To set a passcode, tap on the settings icon at the top left of the people screen. You can get to the people screen from the screen with the photos of all of the people you are tracking by tapping on the people button at the top left of the screen.

From there, tap on the Passcode Lock option and enter your secret code.

Note: if you forget your passcode, you will be locked out of the list.

You can uninstall and re-install the app to get back in, but you would lose any information you entered, so please be sure to use a passcode you will not forget.

How do I remove a medicine I am no longer using?

From the start up screen, tap on the pill bottle icon at the bottom left of the screen. This will take you to a list of all of the medicine currently in your medicine cabinet.

Swipe your finger across the medicine you wish to delete, then tap the delete button to confirm.

How do I set when the next dose is due?

Launch Medicine Cabinet. From the Medicine Cabinet start up screen, tap on the name of the patient whose next dose you would like to edit. Tap on the medicine for which you would like to change the next dose due time. This will bring up the next dose screen.

Tap on the "next dose" time and use the date picker at the bottom of the screen to set the desired date and time of the next dose. When you are finished, tap the Done button at the top right of the screen to set the next dose.

How do I see a list of previous doses?

Medicine Cabinet tracks the last and the next dose of a medicine. If you need to track more, you can add dates to the notes section.

We are adding the ability to keep a full log of all medication in an update that we hope to have available soon.

How do I email a list of all the meds a person is taking?

To email a list of all of the medicine a single person is taking, tap on the email icon at the bottom right of the screen showing that person's medicine to launch the email editor. Complete the email and tap send.

How do I email a list of all of the meds in the app?

To email a list of all of the medicine set up in the app, tap on the medicine bottle icon in the bottom left of the start up screen to launch the screen with the list of all medicine.

From there, just tap on the email icon at the bottom right and complete the email and tap send.

How do I backup the information in the app?

Medicine Cabinet does not have it's own dedicated back up. The data in the Medicine Cabinet will be backed up whenever you back up your device in iTunes.

Keep in mind, if you remove Medicine Cabinet from you device, you will also be deleting any information entered.

How do I sync the iPad and iPhone versions?

Unfortunately, Medicine Cabinet does not support syncing between the iPhone and iPad version currently...but we are working on it.

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