Medication list for a hospital visit: what to bring

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The first thing a hospital asks, planned or not, is what the person takes. A current printed list answers it in a minute and spares everyone from reading bottles in a corridor.

What the list needs

• The person's full name and date of birth.
• Each medicine's name and strength, exactly as on the label, including anything bought over the counter, inhalers, drops, creams and supplements.
• How it is taken, as prescribed: when, and how often.
• The prescriber for each, and the pharmacy.
• Allergies and reactions, written as you were told them.
• The date you printed it, so the reader knows how current it is.

Keep it ready

• Update it the day anything changes, not the day you need it.
• One copy in the bag you would grab for an emergency, one on the phone.
• Bring the bottles too if you can; the list is what gets read first.

How Willowbell does it

Willowbell prints the medication list for one person or the whole household: name, strength as you typed it, form, schedule, prescriber, pharmacy and refill date, dated. Because it is also where doses are marked taken, the list stays current without retyping.

Willowbell stores what you type and shows it back. It never calculates a dose or gives medical advice.

Price: Free for one person. A one-time in-app purchase adds everyone else.

• Willowbell for iPhone is coming soon to the App Store.
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Willowbell stores what you type and shows it back as a list and a log. It never calculates a dose, suggests a timing, checks interactions or gives medical advice. Strength is shown exactly as you entered it.