Caixa de Remedios

Pill Box warns medicines schedules, guides the use, risks, alerts, shows prices

The CAIXA DE REMÉDIOS (Pill Box) is planned to organize your medicines and emit reminders for you to do not forget to use them at the right time. It also reveals, on a simple and fast way, what is your medicine, what dosages exist and much more. To find your medicine, you can directly read the barcode from the package in your hands using the camera from your device, or have a name search. If the full, or correct, name is unavailable, just type a few characters for you to receive a medicine list and then find yours.

The app sets a schedule, guides you through its use, and tries to avoid you from forgetting to use them, and you can also include the people whom you take care – elderly, children in the care of the babysitter or daycare, the forgotten boyfriend and others – because the scheduled reminders are individualized for each person included as a patient. You have options to click if you took the medicine, or postponing if you can’t take the medicine at the moment. To remind people remotely, there is the option to send an automatic SMS to the mobile number recorded in the app, or simply call the person.

It is estimated that more than 50 million Brazilian from all ages are carriers of chronic diseases, which the treatment can’t be interrupted. Brazil is getting older, with an increasing number of elderly that needs help to keep on with the treatment correctly. With this app, you can control and follow your prescription, will have access to important information about the medicines, like the use during pregnancy, anywhere, including the drugstore which you are looking for the medicine. It’s a form to practice the Management of Chronic Patients –MCP – searching for the best adherence to treatment, also known as the English word “compliance”, what is really important and wanted in entities and Patients Association (Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Alzheimer's and many others).

You will know:

1. Which is the drugs (components) from the product,

2. Which class the medicine belongs,

3. If it’s usable during pregnancy,

4. If your child can take it,

5. If there is interaction with food.

The app offers you the following facilities:

1. Reminders to don’t forget the use of medicines,

2. Management tips to improve the effectiveness,

3. Photograph the medicine box to avoid switching medicines,

4. Follow your relatives and be sure that they are following the prescription,

5. Records the use history – suspended medicines, changed dosages and other information about the drug dose.

The CAIXA DE REMEDIOS (Pill Box) does not intend to substitute the medicine bulla, but unlike them, with a much more difficult and extensive language, the CAIXA DE REMEDIOS shows the information on a simple and easy way to read and understand, and are useful in your daily routine. To know more, see the package bulla, yours pharmaceutical or your doctor.

If you are a professional caregiver, you will obtain in the app tools which will facilitate your daily job, and will reduce the chances of accidents with medicines. It’s a great help in the effort to take care of the people’s health.