Tried delegating my mom's meds to a pharmacy app and it backfired hard

Last month I signed up for one of those automated pill reminder and delivery services thinking it would save me from driving to Walgreens every two weeks. Big mistake. The app kept saying her blood pressure med was out of stock and then auto-canceled the refill without telling me. I only found out because my mom called me confused about why her pill bottle was half empty. By the time I sorted it out, she missed two doses and her BP spiked. The pharmacy manager in Austin literally told me these apps aren't designed for seniors with multiple complex meds. Meanwhile the paper chart I was keeping in a notebook never failed me once. Anyone else had an online service screw up a parent's routine like this?

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olivia6701d ago

Honestly, I gotta disagree with flores.emma on that one. Missing two doses of a beta blocker or clonidine can definitely send someone's BP through the roof, I've seen it happen with my own aunt. Those meds aren't something you just skip and be fine, especially for older folks whose bodies don't bounce back as quick. It's a real danger, not just for heart failure drugs.

flores.emma1d ago

i mean blood pressure meds aren't usually the ones that cause a dangerous spike from just two missed doses, that's more for heart failure drugs.

taylor9571d ago

Yeah I just set an alarm on my phone for my dad's meds and it's worked way better than trying to remember on our own lol.