Med-Q Digital Pill Box with Alarms – Pill Organizer with Flashing Lights & Beeping Reminders – Monthly Pill Dispenser for Seniors, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Medication & Vitamin Management

I have purchase this twice, first for my 96 year old mother who finds it to be an excellent way to be sure and take her medications twice a day. It worked so well that we ordered one for my brother! Setting it up is very easy if you follow the directions on the brochure that's included. You just set the time and day, and then set the times you want the morning and evening alarms to go off. Not only does it sound the alarm, but it lights up the individual pill compartment that you need to take at that time. It's well made, and ensures that no mistakes or forgotten medications occur. Great product!

Bought this for my dad because he couldn’t remember what pills to take at different times. Alarms work. Shows which pills are due. Ample space in cups for multiple meds. No issues with proper function. Semi easy to set times. Would recommend.

I bought this for my mom who needs reminders to take her meds. I set it up for her and it was great reminding her to take her meds, but it went off at 3:00 AM every night as well and woke her up. I checked the settings…took out the batteries…reset it. Still went off. I exchanged it for a new one and tested it before giving it to her to make sure she wasn’t doing something to cause the extra alarm. Same thing. It worked for me on time, but it also went off in the middle of the night and other random times. I see by the reviews it’s a common problem. Wish I had read them before. I need for my mom to get sleep at night, so I’ll return the second unit and keep looking for a better alternative.

I bought this for my 28 yr old son, who, 3 times last year, has taken an accidental overdose by grabbing his PM pills in the AM. The good points about this box are: >It really does work great once you get it programmed. > the alarm is audible around the house, but not super annoying > it lights up the compartment of the pills you should take. > it seems pretty well constructed. The bad points are: > the box is confusing to program at first, while it has a sheet of instructions, they start by telling you to set the alarm times, rather than the time of day. > even though you can program 2 alarms, it only displays one of them at a time. This makes it confusing too. > the icons on the programming interface for setting time of day, alarm 1, and alarm 2 are really very small and hard to notice. > you can't not use the audible alarm feature. When I bought it, I thought you would be able to choose lighting only or lighting and beeping. Not so. My son doesn't like the box because he doesn't want to be beeped at about his pills. > it is batteries only. It would be great if it plugged into the wall socket or a USB so you didn't have to worry about running out of juice. > it is only for use for either one or two sets of pills per day, (not 3 or 4, etc.) Once you get this box set up, it does work very well and for someone who would also need the audible reminder, it would be great.

A little confusing to set up, but I figured it out in about 15 mins. The YouTube video was very helpful. This works great! The pill boxes are just big enough to hold my many prescriptions and a few large supplements. The alarm and flashing lights make sure I don't forget to take my meds. I take Rx's for day and night. The flashing light makes sure I don't get them mixed up...which I had been doing a lot lately. My whole day is ruined when I do that. It's expensive. I hesitated to spend this much $$$. But it is worth it if it lasts. It requires 2 AA batteries.

Got this for my mom who has dementia and although I like the set up for the manage her medication but the alarm on it isn’t so good. Sometimes it goes off and sometimes it doesn’t. And was very easy to set the alarm on it.

IT WORKS ! Haven't missed a daily dose since getting it.

Great item. Never forget to take medications. Great price.

This is really good, I recommend it.

Great for a gentle reminder. Peace of mind for caregiver as well and helps maintain some independence for patient. Not simple to program. UTUBE instructions are easier. We take the daily dosages from the pharmacy prepared daily blister pack and move them to the daily MedQ holders in the unit because of the reminder function. . No chance of an error in missing a pill or double dosing in the MedQ individual units. The daily pill units are large enough to hold the prescriptions and vitamins supplements daily. This eliminates the need to remember to take the blister pack as well as separate vitamin dosages. There is a learning curve for memory impaired patients as to resetting to the next alert after taking the current dosage. If this is not done the benefits of the case are void vs the blister pack method. It would be another gentle reminder if somehow the “Next Alert” button could flash ie the pill units as a prompt to advance the alerts to the next programmed alert to keep programming accurate for date and time. Everything else is visual cluing except this vital function. On the whole this does what we need at present. Because the alerts are set for specific times it has had an extra benefit of regulating when meds should be taken vs if and when they are remembered which can be important to maintain a somewhat evenly spaced dosage. Overall this has been helpful for both the patient and caregiver to preserve independence with assistance in the vital area of medication and worth the investment. If the patient is in need of this next level of medication management it most likely they will need assistance with the programming of the alerts to make it beneficial and instructions how to use it. It is working for us at this point in avoiding missed doses or double doses but only if “Next Alert” is activated after taking the current dose. Availability of replacement daily pill boxes would be great if damaged, lost or medication changes or to simply to refresh if used over the long term and to start clean would be nice. Consistency and familiarity is vital to memory care patients.

The containers should all be locked so the individual cannot take a double dose