Choudhary says 80 to 85 per cent of users who are using the app have opted for getting pill reminders in the form of calls. When you receive an in-app notification or a reminder call, it’s an indicator that you have taken medicine or skipped the dose. Once you set a pill reminder, you can then customise how you want the notification to be delivered, through the app, in the form of calls or text messages. You can indicate the form of medicine – tablet or capsule by its colour and size, which makes it easy for users to add medication if they don’t remember the name of the pill.Īlso read | Apple Watch SE 2 review: The ‘essential’ watch You can then schedule notifications on your phone when it’s time to take them exactly as prescribed by choosing the number of days, weeks or months the pill needs to be taken and setting a specific time of the day depending on the medication and the condition you are treating for. The app lets you create a list of your medications by uploading the prescription or just by typing the name of the medicine. The concept of a medication-reminder app like Karma Dost is simple: let your smartphone remind you when to take medicine as prescribed by your doctor without any assistance from a family member and ensure the treatment plan is followed. “Most people in India take a medicine for the first three days and then stop a 5-day course midway because they are feeling better,” he said, adding that people often don’t stick to the prescription plan due to fear of adapting to a new schedule and lack of information on when to take medicine (eg some pills are meant to be taken before a meal and others might be taken twice a day). A future update will see the ability to digitise the prescription by scanning the photograph using the phone’s camera.
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