Tips to Remember Your Medication
Between school, friends, and everything else going on, it’s easy to forget a dose. Here are some simple tricks to help your meds become part of your routine.
Why It Matters
Ways to Remember
Pick one or two tricks that fit your lifestyle, small habits lead to big consistency.
Use a pill box
It helps you keep track of whether you have taken your medication and how many you have left.
Keep it in sight
If you store your medication in a cupboard you don’t access daily, you are more likely to forget about them. Place your medication in a visible spot that you access regularly.
Set a phone alarm
A daily alarm at the same time makes your medication routine automatic.
Use sticky notes
Put a sticky note on your bathroom mirror or next to your desk as a reminder.
What to do depends on the medication.
- For some UC meds, missing one dose isn’t a big deal and you can still take it within a certain time window.
- For others, a missed dose matters more, and the rules are specific to that drug.
- Never double up without checking first.
When you start a new medication, ask your doctor, IBD nurse, or pharmacist what to do if you miss a dose, that way you already know the answer for your meds.