Do you have difficulties organizing your medication week by week? If you care for an elderly person or undergo long-term treatment, you probably spend a lot of time preparing the shots and checking that everything is organized.
To speed up this process, there are two very popular solutions in the healthcare sector: the pharmacy pill box, also known as the Personalized Dosing System, and the conventional pill box.
The pill box is a simple and inexpensive tool that allows you to organize your medications, but it can carry certain risks if not used properly. To avoid this, you can ask a pharmacist to organize your medication in a pharmacy pill box. This way, you will have a pill box that fits your medical plan, with the guarantee of a pharmaceutical professional.
In this article we will help you understand the difference between the traditional pill box and the pharmaceutical system, so that you can choose the option that best suits you.
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What will you find in this article?- Why is it important to organize medication?
- Pillbox: What is it and how to use it?
- What is a pharmacy pill box?
- Advantages of the pharmaceutical system compared to the traditional one
- Who can prepare pharmacy pill boxes?
Why is it important to organize medication?
Taking the right medication at the right time is essential, but... Have you ever had problems remembering what to take or when?
Whether you are undergoing long-term treatment or caring for a dependent person, having medication organized in advance can help you prevent errors in treatment, and improve the effectiveness of medication.
Pillbox: What is it and how to use it?
The traditional pill box is a simple and very economical tool that you can find in any supermarket. It consists of several separate compartments and allows you to store your daily medication.
However, the more medication we take, the more difficult it will be to prepare the doses in a pill box, and we will make mistakes more easily. For these cases, the pharmacy alternative is much more recommended and practical.
As you can see, this tool can be very useful for patients who take mediation occasionally. If you think this system is for you, our previous article, How to organize a weekly pill box, It will be very helpful to you.
What is a pharmacy pill box?
Controlling which drugs to take and at what time you should take them can be difficult if your medical plan requires 3 or more daily doses. In these cases, healthcare professionals always recommend using a pharmacy pill box. But... What is it, exactly?
We talk about Personalized Dosing Systems, a pharmaceutical service that allows you to receive your own organized medication, and in individual doses.
There are two main formats: weekly blister packs, and envelopes, which will always be sealed to protect your medication.
Each weekly blister has a capacity of 4 daily intakes (morning, noon, afternoon and night) and 7 days (Monday to Sunday) configuring a 4x7 grid. The individual envelopes, as the name suggests, contain each of the shots, and you can carry them together or separately.
In this way, we avoid piling up boxes of drugs at home, frequently forgetting when they should be taken, and, on many occasions, expiring in our closet.
Advantages of the pharmaceutical system compared to the traditional one
As we have already told you, there are several reasons why you should switch to the pharmacy pill box. Below, we share some of the most important ones:
- Improved adherence to treatment:By having personalized dosing, patients can have a better understanding of how and when to take their medications, which increases the likelihood that they will adhere to the medical plan.Â
- Reduction of side effects:Your pharmacist will review the medical plan and verify that the prescribed medication is compatible, avoiding unwanted interactions between drugs.Â
- Greater security:With this system, you can check if you have taken the medication, avoiding confusion and accidental overdoses.
- Ease of use: This service allows patients to receive their medications in a single package, saving them time and making it easier for them to access medications. In addition, services such as IMA Health allow you to receive organized medication at home, so you will save on transportation costs and queues at the pharmacy.
- Improved adherence to treatment:By having personalized dosing, patients can have a better understanding of how and when to take their medications, which increases the likelihood that they will adhere to the medical plan.Â
Who can prepare pharmacy pill boxes?
In order to maintain quality standards, this system can only be carried out by pharmacy staff.
Furthermore, it is not enough to be a pharmacist, but alsoA specific accreditation is needed to do it.. For this reason, not all pharmacies can offer medication organization to their customers.
Nevertheless, IMA Health helps you find the pharmacies closest to your home that carry it, and also completely free.
Pharmacy pill box, or traditional?
Organizing medication is the first step in taking care of your health. Therefore, it is not surprising that Health professionals recommend replacing traditional pill boxes with pharmaceutical systems.
In short, thanks to the professional guarantee offered by pharmacies, we can count on a service that facilitates the daily lives of patients and caregivers, helping to make the medical plan simpler.
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