As someone who’s supposed to take medicine at the same time every day, I’ll admit it’s not always easy. It’s not hard per se… things just get in the way. If my daily routine changes – meaning if I wake up earlier, sleep in later, or just don’t need to go to work (because weekends) – then I can forget.
Here’s the problem: forgetting my medication isn’t just a little oops, no big deal, life moves on sort of thing.
For me, forgetting means I will feel the effects of my medicine wearing off. That means withdrawal symptoms and a pretty bad day.
You would think that such a negative response to forgetting medicine would train me, like a reverse Pavlovian dog, to take my medicine at the same time every day.
You’d be wrong.
I’m human and stuff happens, okay? It’s not that I don’t want to comply – but in order to take my medicine, I first must have the thought “take your medicine.” If that thought doesn’t come, what can I do? (And before you say “set a reminder on your phone,” I DO THAT but sometimes I forget to charge my phone.)
Point is, I can be forgetful.
But now – and here’s the awesome thing – a company has come up with a way for me to NOT have to remember to take my medicine every day, even if my doctor prescribes a daily medication.
Say what?
Lyndra Inc. has developed a device that lives in your belly and can store medication with pH-dependent chemicals.
That means that as natural chemicals in your body act on the device (and alter the pH) then your medicine will be released.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
No word yet on how much medication a single device can hold – could be a week’s worth, maybe it’s a month… maybe it’s a year!
Once this bad boy gets approved, I’ll have to let you know if taking medicine less frequently improves or works against how well I remember to do things.
