Wondering how it works? Here’s a guide to help you set medication reminders on your iPhone and Apple Watch.
Requirements to use and track medicationsHow to add medicines to the Health App on iPhoneHow to turn off medication reminders in iOS 16Archive and unarchive medication remindersLog medications into Apple WatchExport the medication list as a PDF
Requirements to use and track medications
The requirements to set up and keep track of medications on the iPhone and Apple Watch are minimal. Firstly, you need to update your iPhone to iOS 16 and Apple Watch to watchOS 9. iOS 16 is available on the below-mentioned iPhone models: WatchOS 9 is available on the below-mentioned Apple Watches:
How to add medicines to the Health app on iPhone
How to turn off medication reminders in iOS 16
Archive and unarchive medication reminders
If your medication dosage has finally come to an end or you’ve been prescribed to stop medications for a few days, here’s how to archive medication reminders. We’ve also mentioned steps to unarchive these reminders. To unarchive medication reminders: Follow the first 2 steps above, select Archived Medications → swipe right the medicine → select Unarchive.
Log medications into Apple Watch
Apple Watch will remind you to take medicines, and you can log them as taken through the Apple Watch itself. Here’s how to manually log medicines if you miss the notification,
Export the medication list as a PDF
While most of us track medicines, vitamins, etc., we consume regularly, and not many have all the meds listed in one place. If the need arises to share the list of these meds, you can easily do it with the Health app. Here’s how to export your medication list as a PDF. The medication reminder feature is extremely useful, especially for elderly people. You can set up medication reminders for your parents and be ensured that your parents are reminded regularly and do not miss out on taking their meds. If you have any other doubts, let me know in the comments below. Read more:
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