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Are you on the fence about the right medication organizer system for yourself or a loved one?
It’s an important decision — and one you should carefully consider. There are many options that offer unique features, a range of price points and different pros and cons. You could purchase a traditional pill box or go for an automatic pill dispenser like Hero.
To help you decide, let’s talk about the difference in a typical pill box vs. Hero.
Pill boxes are a simple way to sort a small amount of medication for daily use, and basically a necessity for people who travel frequently. A pill box might be a single container to carry a variety of meds with you anywhere — a box, canister or wallet-style — or might have multiple compartments to sort your medicine according to your prescribed schedule.
When comparing pill boxes, take your pill regimen into consideration, as well as the best way for you to remember your meds. For some regimens, you’ll need to look for a pill box that can accommodate morning, noon and night dosing times. For others, color-coding may be particularly helpful to keep track of your medication. Some folks may even need audio-visual reminders, like a chime or an app notification. If you need added security, there are also many pill boxes on the market that lock with a combination or child-proof lock.
Despite some of the benefits mentioned above, many people find that pill boxes are not enough to navigate medication management. Other issues folks commonly experience with pill boxes are:
Unlike pill boxes, automatic pill dispensers store and dispense medications according to your exact medication schedule. Whether that’s nine pills in the morning, four every morning and two at night or a much more complicated regimen, you simply program the dispenser according to your schedule, and the machine will alert and dispense your pills accordingly.
If you have trouble remembering to take meds, automatic reminder apps or pill dispensers are great choices. With chimes and voice reminders, blinking lights, text alerts and more, automatic pill dispensers let you know it’s time for a dose.
Pill dispensers are also a top choice for folks who have problems taking incorrect dosages — whether taking too much, too little or at the wrong time. By turning over the responsibility to sort and dispense the correct medications at pill times to an automatic pill dispenser, there’s a lot less room for dosage error. According to studies, removing this risk may eliminate up to 125,000 unnecessary U.S. deaths per year, as well as 25% of all U.S. hospitalizations.
Some pill dispensers are battery-powered, while others use power cords and connect to WiFi or a cellular service. Choosing between these comes down to your personal preference, your comfort with technology and, in some cases, how many pills you need it to dispense.
Hero removes the pain points of traditional pill boxes. Here’s how:
Ready to say goodbye to traditional medication management? Learn more about Hero today and read what our customers have to say.
Hero gives you peace of mind with an automatic pill dispenser that makes it simple and easy for your loved ones to take the right medication at the right time, every time.
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