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Find the reminder habits that work for you and your schedule and adjust them to suit your lifestyle.

Organize your medication

• Use a seven-day pill box to organize your medication; this box will help you see each dose and help you to remember if you have taken your medication on a particular day and time
• If you take medications at different times each day, choose a medication box with extra dividers for morning, evening, bedtime or hourly doses
• Never put your medication in an unlabeled bottle or combine different medications in a single bottle; Even when you are familiar with what your medication looks like, it is easy to make mistakes
• Carry extra doses with you just in case you misplace your medication box, drop your medication or otherwise lose the original dose

Use alarms and alerts

• Set an alarm on a clock, watch or cell phone to remind yourself to take your medication
• Try using a medication box with a built-in alarms
• Use a computer to set up a daily calendar alert or an email reminder for yourself

Write it down

• Write your medication schedule on a wall calendar near your medications
• If you take several medications at different times, it might be helpful to list each medication and when you need to take it
• If you write a daily to-do for yourself, you can include your medication on it, and then check it off when you’ve taken it

Stay on schedule while traveling

• When you are away from home, pack extra medication and bring all reminders with you
• Your daily routine might be different while you’re away; rely on an alarm instead of daily habits or chores to remind you to take your medication
• If you’ll be crossing time zones, ask your doctor if you need to adjust your medications schedule

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