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MyTherapy Meds and Pill Reminder app

An app that lets you create a medication list and set reminders or prompts to remind you when to take a particular medicine.
You can also set prompts to remind you when your medication is running low.

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MyTherapy Meds & Pill Reminder app	By MyTherapy
	Features Medication tracking history. Flexible scheduling. Compliance reminders and alerts. Repeat or refill reminder. Reports for sharing.
Country of origin	Germany
Clinical review	Read a clinical review below.
Security and privacy	Does the app: Collect medical information? Yes Require a login? No Have password protection? No Have a privacy policy? Yes Require internet access to use? No Read more about safety and security when using apps. Brochures: Tips to improve your privacy and security [PDF, 65 KB] Healthify He Puna Waiora, NZ Staying safe online(external link) Netsafe, NZ
Cost	Free
Advertisements	This app contains no ads.
How to get the app	(external link) (external link) (external link)

The MyTherapy app helps you keep track of your medicines. It allows you to create a medication list and set reminders or prompts to remind you when to take a particular medicine. The app also allows you to record various measurements (eg, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar), activities (such as walking, running, cycling) and symptoms. You can also set prompts to remind you when your medication is running low.

For the complete app description, go to the app website(external link), iTunes (apple)(external link) or Google Play (android)(external link) and for a detailed review, see reviews below.

PROS	CONS
✔ Consolidates medication reminders, measurement reminders and symptoms checks into a daily report. ✔ Option to snooze an alert/remind you 30 minutes later. ✔ Automatically resends a notification about due medications until you select that you've taken or skipped the dose. ✔ The measurement list is very comprehensive ranging from common measures such as weight, blood pressure and blood sugar to more unusual measures such as INR, lithium level and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR). ✔ Has a team function to involve family as personal reminders and help motivate you to manage your medication. ✔ Has provision to create monthly progress reports to assess adherence.	✘ The app has the option of manually entering the medications or linking to medication databases from various European countries. There's no option to link to a New Zealand medication database. ✘ When adding medications manually, there's no option to add the strength of the medication. ✘ If a medication is added as “On demand” (ie, only taken when required), there's no option to add dosing details eg, how much to take, minimum time between doses etc. ✘ You can add “intake advice”, however the automatic options only include “before meal”, “with meal” and “after meal”; you need to do a custom entry for any other instructions e.g. “on an empty stomach”. ✘ There's no option to add indication for medications or expiry date of the product (eg, eye drops). ✘ There's no photo or shape and colour description selection for tablets and capsules. All forms of medication have the same icon – capsule. The graphics are simple - there's no use of colour. ✘ Measurement units aren't all consistent with the units used in New Zealand, and there's no option to change the unit.

PROS

CONS

✔ Consolidates medication reminders, measurement reminders and symptoms checks into a daily report.

✔ Option to snooze an alert/remind you 30 minutes later.

✔ Automatically resends a notification about due medications until you select that you've taken or skipped the dose.

✔ The measurement list is very comprehensive ranging from common measures such as weight, blood pressure and blood sugar to more unusual measures such as INR, lithium level and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR).

✔ Has a team function to involve family as personal reminders and help motivate you to manage your medication.

✔ Has provision to create monthly progress reports to assess adherence.

✘ The app has the option of manually entering the medications or linking to medication databases from various European countries. There's no option to link to a New Zealand medication database.

✘ When adding medications manually, there's no option to add the strength of the medication.

✘ If a medication is added as “On demand” (ie, only taken when required), there's no option to add dosing details eg, how much to take, minimum time between doses etc.

✘ You can add “intake advice”, however the automatic options only include “before meal”, “with meal” and “after meal”; you need to do a custom entry for any other instructions e.g. “on an empty stomach”.

✘ There's no option to add indication for medications or expiry date of the product (eg, eye drops).

✘ There's no photo or shape and colour description selection for tablets and capsules. All forms of medication have the same icon – capsule. The graphics are simple - there's no use of colour.

✘ Measurement units aren't all consistent with the units used in New Zealand, and there's no option to change the unit.

Clinical review

Reviewer: Emma Riddell, clinical pharmacist, Health New Zealand
Date of review: November 2024
Platform: Android
Version: 3.192.0
Comments:

I found this app quite easy to use. Adding each medication when you first set up the app can be quite tedious, however, I found this process easier after choosing a medication database (this can be added under the settings tab). There is no Aotearoa New Zealand medication database; I chose to select United Kingdom. Once a database has been selected, you can search for each medication and either choose one from the list or add it manually if your medication isn't on the list. As the database is not from New Zealand, it includes many medicines and doses/forms not available in New Zealand, and does not contain all medications used in New Zealand.
When adding medications manually, there's no option to add the strength of the medication. I also didn’t like that when adding “as required” medications, there's no option to add the instructions or indication, eg, how many tablets to take, minimum time interval between doses, maximum number of doses per day etc.
The medication reminder system is quite good, as the app prompts you to take each medication dose with a pop-up notification on your phone. From the pop-up notification, you can select whether you have taken the dose, skipped the dose, or if you want to snooze the alert/be reminded 30 minutes later. If you don't see/ignore the notification, it automatically reminds you at regular intervals until you select an option.
Safety concerns: None.
New Zealand relevance: Yes.

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References

The following references relate to articles about apps for medication adherence.

Haase J, Farris KB, Dorsch MP. Mobile Applications to Improve Medication Adherence(external link). Telemed J E Health. 2016 Jun 1
Nguyen E, Bugno L, Kandah C, et al. Is There a Good App for That? Evaluating m-Health Apps for Strategies That Promote Pediatric Medication Adherence(external link). Telemed J E Health. 2016 Apr 12
Davies MJ, Kotadia A, Mughal H, et al. The attitudes of pharmacists, students and the general public on mHealth applications for medication adherence(external link). Pharm Pract (Granada). 2015 Oct-Dec;13(4):644.

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