How to label medicine packages so you don’t miss a dose

If you take a lot of medications, you may have a system in place to help you remember to take them. A series of reminders on your phoneBut what if you only have one set of pills and you don’t need a whole organizational system and want to never get lost? Enter this easy hack I learned fromEditor.

This works in a blister pack, a flat package where each tablet is in its own little bubble. Use a permanent marker to write the date on each tablet. Redditor wrote on the transparent front of the bubble. I have also done this by writing on the foil side. You can always have a visual reminder if you took the pill that day.

Well, this trick works if you use already taken So I need some other way to remind myself to actually take it. You may want to place the package in a place where you will see it often, such as on the refrigerator or on a shelf at eye level. surely look it every day. Alternatively, you may want to try piggybacking on drugs. another habit you already havelike brushing your teeth.

By the way, some pharmacies offer a service to refill medicines that are normally in bottles into blister packs. Is it worth the trouble just to buy a pill organizer so you don’t have to fill it?But a labeled blister pack might be a little more fun. put it: “Great, my depression advent calendar.”