My father needs to take pills 7 different time per day. Can this dispenser do that?
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Hello Larry thank you for your interest in e-pill Medication Reminders. This particular dispenser only dispenses up to four times per day. Your father would need an e-pill MedTime XL which can dispense up to 28 times per day if needed. You can find this pill dispenser here:e-pill Automatic Pill Dispenser for home or institutional use. MD1 MedTime XL. Original Swedish Design. Complete with two medication trays, two metal keys. Easy filling with included Pill Sorting and Filling Tray.
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There are only 4 time settings for each day. With 28 slots, this would give a full rotation of one week.
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I think the max is four times per day... per machine. The machine isn't perfect, but, it has been a blessing. If it disappeared, we'd order a replacement the same day.
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7 different times a day is quite a bit. This device has 28 slots for pills, basically 28 days. You can set 4 alarms on it so I don't think this would be good for you Dad unless you buy two of them. I have it set up to dispense pills for my dad twice a day so I'm able to load it up for two weeks at a time. Depending on how many times per day you have to dispense pills, they include different templates for the dispenser based on the schedule you need. To dispense pills 7 times a day, you would need two of these. For your Dad's situation there may be a better solution out there.
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No. You need to sort and put in the machine. It dispenses only. Good for those who cannot remember to take the pills.
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There is a key that allows you to open the entire dispenser to load pills, any other time, all of the pills are not accessible. Only the date and time are unlocked. But as my mother used to say, locks are for honest folk. Of course there are ways around this but you have to be very determined to get at other pills, as in destroying the whole unit/breaking the unit.
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The dispensing ring has 29 slots for pills but of course 1 is to be left empty for your starting point. If you program it to dispense 2 different times daily, it would need refilled every 14 days. You get an extra dispensing ring so you can have one ready to drop in when its time. It can be programmed to dispense up to 6 times daily which is what my Mom's is set to do. Unfortunately this only allows for 4 1/2 days before a refill is necessary. However, it has worked wonderfully for my situation and 4 1/2 days between refills is definitely better than making 2 trips per day to my parents house to deliver medications.I HIGHLY recommend this product.Cheryl The dispensing ring has 29 slots for pills but of course 1 is to be left empty for your starting point. If you program it to dispense 2 different times daily, it would need refilled every 14 days. You get an extra dispensing ring so you can have one ready to drop in when its time. It can be programmed to dispense up to 6 times daily which is what my Mom's is set to do. Unfortunately this only allows for 4 1/2 days before a refill is necessary. However, it has worked wonderfully for my situation and 4 1/2 days between refills is definitely better than making 2 trips per day to my... » Read More The dispensing ring has 29 slots for pills but of course 1 is to be left empty for your starting point. If you program it to dispense 2 different times daily, it would need refilled every 14 days. You get an extra dispensing ring so you can have one ready to drop in when its time. It can be programmed to dispense up to 6 times daily which is what my Mom's is set to do. Unfortunately this only allows for 4 1/2 days before a refill is necessary. However, it has worked wonderfully for my situation and 4 1/2 days between refills is definitely better than making 2 trips per day to my parents house to deliver medications.I HIGHLY recommend this product.Cheryl « Show Less
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My brother-in-law is the one that uses this and he takes approximately 6 pills in the morning and 4 at night and he doesn't have any problems. I think you would be ok.
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I do meds for 2 times a day and that lasts for 14 days. There are 28 slots for pills.
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each slot compartment is the size of your normal 7 day pill organizer - my dad who is 87 yrs old was able take his meds accurately with this setup!
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In our particular case, the person filling the pill boxes does not live with the person actually taking the pills, so this is a way to insure the correct pills are doled out each day without a caregiver present every day. I can fill an entire month's pills in a single visit.
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Actually, the tray revolves. So, if you have a 7 am dose, the pill/s you have in that slot revolve into the opening at 7 am. It works faithfully and changed our whole medication hassle into a once a week loading process. Also, my husband loved not having to ask me for his meds. Made him much more independent. I'd give anything if I'd bought this sooner. I let the price scare me off.
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No. It is for dispensing at a selected time. It can be programed to dispense up to 4 times daily. It cannot dispense randomly.
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I would say NO. those pills are too big and the compartment too small to accommodate 9-10 pills. try the 7 Day 2 Compartment.
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We use this for my Mother, she takes her meds twice per day and we change it every 14 days. We have two extra trays. I would recommend having at least one extra tray, then you are not filling every two weeks and you can just pop the spare in.
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This system has a key to prevent getting into the pill dispenser. It worked very well for my mother. I currently have one for sale if you would be interested.
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Take three pills three times a day to begin with.Maintenance = three pill a day.
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This pill container is intended to be used by people who need to take several doses of medication each day at different times. The pill box is alarmed to go off as many as four times daily. My husband need 8 doses daily so I actually have two and use one for morning reminders and the other for afternoon reminders.
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It only dispenses pills for the date and time you set up. However, it should be noted that if someone wants to break into it, that is fairly easy to do if they are determined. This should only be used to dispense pills and keep someone on a schedule. Not necessarily keep someone from getting to pills they shouldnt be getting to. I hope my answer helps.I used it for my my 95 year old grandmother because she would forget to take her pills.
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I suppose you could dump a section worth into your hand...but I think the purpose of these it to have the individual days containers. I find it really easy to set out the days pills and empty each compartment as needed... I would buy a whole, intact weekly dispenser if you don't want the convenience of using a day at a time.... I hope that answered your question. I have never tried to use it as anything other than a day at a time [and then opening up the AM compartment for morning, etc.... ]