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.