Medication sent already made up in boxes ?

[SimonTheSailor]

Couldn't think of a better title but apparently you can get someone's medication organised in boxes, i.e. daily pills for different times of the day.

No idea what this is called but it's to help old people so they know what to take and when.

Anyone organised this or know how to do it ?

[mph999]

I think you just have to ask the chemist for the tablets to be prepackage in blister packs.

[PeteinSQ]

They are called dosset boxes and I'm pretty sure any pharmacy can do this for you. Some pharmacies such as Cohens can do these in clever almost giant blister packs which are filled by robot in a cental distribution hub.

[muppets_mate]

brickwall said:

It’s called a dosset box IIRC.
Ask the pharmacy - they will do quite a lot of them (typically for older people on multiple medications)

This.

We had dossette boxes for a family member. Chemists will be used to doing them.

[Red9zero]

I like the look of those. I have just sorted my daily cocktail of 14 pills for the next week and it's a pain for me at a mere 57.

[SimonTheSailor]

Excellent, that's what I was thinking of.
Thanks.

[Paul Dishman]

These are known as Monitored Dose Systems (MDS), and may be only provided free if the pharmacist is convinced that you cannot organise your life without them. Many pharmacies don’t do them at all, or severely limit them nowadays because they lose money on each one as the service is non-NHS
Otherwise expect to pay at least £5–£6 per week, unless (usually) a multiple pharmacy is looking to ramp their prescription numbers up.

Edited to add: We ran a free weekly collection and delivery service for some vulnerable and elderly patients having agreed with the GPs that they would provide weekly prescriptions. That worked well because we could monitor peoples meds and pick up problems quickly.

Edited by Paul Dishman on Sunday 19th December 22:12