Health App. Adding combination tablets

There are many medications which consist of multiple medications. One such example is Calcium plus Vitamin D3.


When setting up a schedule you can only select one type of medication and its strength. So for example you would need to enter Calcium 600mg but there is no way of saying that the tablet contains 10micrograms of Vitamin D3 which would be useful. You can add it in the notes but I didn't feel that was very satisfactory.


Here in Europe you can't use your camera but it would be interesting what the app does in the States with this type of medicine.


Unimportant but the stuff is chewable and says do not swallow. No means of selecting this type of medication either.


-Paul-


iPhone XR

Posted on Aug 15, 2023 2:51 AM

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Mar 9, 2024 5:20 PM in response to PaulWhite

I have a similar problem. I have an over-the-counter combination medication that I take as needed. I type in the search bar, and none of the choices given match my medication. No problem, I’m in the States, I’ll take a photo of the packaging, right? Wrong! It resolves with the appropriate two medications but no where on that list does it have the appropriate strengths of the medications, and no way to manually modify it.


it would be most helpful to have a work around for this.

Mar 9, 2024 5:25 PM in response to GrizzlyCliff

Additionally, it’s a pretty common medicine, I understand not using brand names, but the combinations and exact strengths they offer? Heck there’s generics on the shelf right next to it with the same exact medicines and strengths.


Can we have a way to contribute to the meds list so that others can find their meds, anything would be better than wracking our brain trying to figure out how to get the appropriates strengths and so forth into the system so that it’s more user-friendly.


As an aside, I do appreciate that I have a clearinghouse for me to keep track, but let’s keep improving it.

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