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[Her Dotness]

With an iPhone, here's an easy help.

Hit the Clock icon to open.
You could just tell Siri to set the timer for how long till next pill. That works.

But, if you need to take one and then another shortly after that, try this.

Hit the little alarm clock to open, then the plus sign in the upper right to set your first alarm.
When the setup screen appears, set the time you need for the reminder.
Then, it gets cool! See the list below the timeset reels?
You can set it to repeat if you take the med at a certain time every day.

Or, you need to take one medicine and then another a half hour later.
Set an alarm for each and Save, and then look on the list where it says "Label."
Click on the gray arrow at the far right of that line. It will shift to a single line where you can delete and key in the name of the medicine needed at that time. Save again.

Go on to the later alarm and do the same thing, keying in the OTHER medicine's name.

That way, you can be sure you're taking the correct medicine at the exact time!

Works beautifully for a varying schedule.

[Starwind]

If you have an IOS device you can also use Siri to set alarms with labels.

For example:

"Siri, set a recurring alarm for every day at 8:15 pm and label it medication"

And voila, it does it exactly that, and it both tells you and shows you what it set so you can make sure it is correct and tap on it to correct it if needed.

I also use this feature to set timers (Siri, set a timer for 30 minutes) and other alarms (Siri, set an alarm for one hour and thirty minutes from now and label it laundry) to remind me to do things like rescue the chicken from the oven or move the laundry to the dryer at the end of its cycle.

If you play around with Siri and the label feature of the alarms you will figure out what it can and cannot handle in terms of multiple words (some it can do, sometimes it will only do the first word; have not entirely figured out the rhyme and reason).

SW

[Her Dotness]

Yes, I'm aware you can use Siri--if said AI is interested in cooperating which may not be the case as you indicate. Articulating as precisely as I can, which is pretty good what with my having been a theatre major, Siri nevertheless often translates "medication" into something she prefers like "my vacation."

Currently, we must be certain DH takes one pill and then another a half hour later. Thus, I manually set the times and the drug names to prevent late evening or very early morning confusion.

Others may find Siri does the job for them, of course, so your suggestion could work well for those with an iOS device.