Medicines and schedules

Use the Medicines screen to add, review, edit, pause, and organise your medicines.

The Medicines list

Each medicine card can show the medicine name, dose amount, schedule type, usual days, taken count, last recorded action, and reminder status.

Use Details to review timing and dose information. Use Edit to change the medicine setup.

Dosewise Medicines screen showing daily and weekly medicine cards — **Medicine cards**Cards show the schedule type, dose, recent activity, reminder status, and quick access to Details and Edit.

Dosewise medicine details screen showing dose, schedule, reminder, last taken, next due and next allowed information — **Medicine details**The details screen shows the current status, next due time, and next allowed time based on the rules you entered.

Schedule types

Daily

For medicines taken one or more times each day. Dosewise uses the schedule start time and spacing rules to calculate when later doses become available.

Weekly

For medicines taken on selected days of the week. Choose the usual days so Dosewise can show the correct weekly routine.

As needed

For medicines that are not taken on a fixed routine. Dosewise can still record use and apply the rules you enter.

Weekly and selected-day medicines

For weekly medicines, choose the usual days. The weekly total is calculated from the selected days. Dosewise uses those days when deciding what to show on Now and Today.

If a weekly medicine is not showing when expected, check that the correct day is selected and that the medicine has not already been recorded for the current weekly period.

Medicine details

The details screen shows the current status of a medicine, the form, dose, schedule, reminder setting, taken count, last taken time, next due time, and next allowed time according to the rules currently set in the app.

If Dosewise says a medicine is too soon to take, the details screen can show when it becomes available under the app rules. This is a timing record only. Follow medical instructions when deciding what to do.

Forms and icons

When adding or editing a medicine, you can choose a form such as tablet, capsule, liquid, drops, inhaler, injection, patch, cream or ointment, spray, suppository or pessary, or other.

You can also choose an icon. Icons are visual labels to help you recognise medicines more easily in the app.

Dosewise edit medicine screen showing basic details, medicine forms and icon choices — **Basic details**Use the edit screen to update the medicine name, form, icon, dose, schedule, and reminders.

Dosewise edit medicine screen showing weekly schedule days and reminder options — **Weekly schedules**For weekly medicines, selected days control when Dosewise expects the medicine.

Paused medicines

A paused medicine remains in your Medicines list but is not treated as active. Use this when you want to keep the medicine record but stop it appearing in the normal schedule.

Now and Today Recording doses