Hi Does your machine sort the pills ? I take different combination 4 times a day and am tired of sorting them each time Thanks
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No, the machine doesn't sort the pills. You have to fill each compartment in the pill machine with the pills you need to take at a specific time. E.g., if you take pills morning, noon, and evening, you will fill a compartment for morning with the appropriate pills, a compartment for the noon pills, etc. until all the compartments are filled. The machine will only open one compartment at a time based on the time you specify. E.g., if you want to take your morning pills at 7:30 a.m., it will open just a "morning" compartment at 7:30 a.m. and make an audible noise to remind you to take the pills out of the compartment that's open. The machine helps with taking pills at the right time of day and keeping you from overdosing. The pill box we bought is for my mother who has dementia. She was starting to miss times when she needed to take pills and was also overdosing by losing track of the day of the week and whether it was morning or evening. The machine ensures that won't happen.
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I am happy with the product, however I always wondered the same thing. Why the capsules are in this type of packaging. It has always been very difficult for me to get them out. I sometimes drop them on the floor. I thought of sitting there and opening all at once and putting them in a spare pill bottle to have easy access when I need them. Guess we will just have to deal with it for now.
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I find the pills very easy to remove. The only problem I've had is my vitaman D pill is gel and it sometimes has to be jostled loose. Other than that- still the best pill box I've found.
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I the "morning" part, you can put about 6-8 large sized capsules. In the other two, lunch and evening, you can put about 4-5 large size capsules. I've really found these pill boxes to be efficient and handy!
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So far, I haven't found a pill I couldn't split. I am extremely happy with this purchase as I take 28 pills a day (!) and two of them that are quite small have to be split. The rest are larger but I take them whole. 1/8 of an inch should be no problem at all.
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Impossible answer with certitude : I have two capsules daily. I suppose continuous use.
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Hello Nancy, Sounds like you had the same question as I, however, I decided to take a chance and I am glad I did. I take 19 pills a day and some of them are large. The size of each of the 4 compartments are 1" L x 7/8" W x 3/4" Depth. I am able to fit 13 large oblong pills plus 6 smaller round pills in one compartment. I hope this helps you to see, the compartments are a good size. The box for each day is 4" long, just right to put into your purse. I traveled to Texas (1 week), Costa Rica (2 weeks) and back to Texas (1 week) and it was fantastic to have all my compartments filled with their daily pills, took the two weeks supply with me to Costa Rica and back without any problems going through check points. I did not have to carry all my big bottles like I use to do, just my daily supply for the month, all ready put into each container. I am so happy, I took the chance, it is so much easier to fill them all at once for the month, rather than the ones I use to do for a week at a time. Also, with the dates on the bottle, there is no second guessing of if I took my pills for that day or not. Good Luck! I hope this helped.
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There are 4 sections to the item. My wife takes pills 3 times a day and it works out well. The only problem with this device is the alarm sound isn't very loud and almost impossible to hear it when in a purse. I solved the problem by setting my smartphone to the times for pill taking.
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I use a pill cutter on mine all the time--true, it doesn't get them exactly even but since I end up taking both halfs anyway and since I know a full tablet would not be too much to take at one time, I don't worry about it. Been doing it for years with no apparent problems so far. However, I am not only NOT a doctor but I don't even play one on TV so take that into consideration, please.
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Kelly, I forgot to mention that the slots are large enough to accommodate several pills. We had as many as 10 different meds in one slot for one dispensing time.
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I use the capsules. So, possibly they could be opened and split in half. I also use the gel capsules which obviously could not be split. I'm sorry I have not used the tablets. But I will say the supplement has helped me tremendously.
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I take 5 pills a day and 1 of them is quite large. When traveling I have put up to 3 days worth in each section (day) and had room left over.
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The machine contains 28 small compartments (in a circle under the cover) that you fill in advance with medications for each dose. You could pre-fill your medications (four compartments per day), set the timer for the desired dispensing times, and have 7 days of medicine set up in the machine.Now I don't have to go to my moms 3 times aday
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There are 28 compartments. Assuming the daily dose of pills for the 5 medications are small enough to fit into one compartment, and that they are all taken at the same time, 28 days. If some pills need to be taken in the morning and some in the evening (requiring two alarm settings per day), then you would need to refill it every 14 days. In this case, you would load the pill dispenser with morning pills and evening pills alternating in every other compartment, so each time the alarm sounds, the appropriate pills (morning or evening) would come into view. This is the way we use the pill dispenser, so we refill it every 14 days. There are 28 compartments. Assuming the daily dose of pills for the 5 medications are small enough to fit into one compartment, and that they are all taken at the same time, 28 days. If some pills need to be taken in the morning and some in the evening (requiring two alarm settings per day), then you would need to refill it every 14 days. In this case, you would load the pill dispenser with morning pills and evening pills alternating in every other compartment, so each time the alarm sounds, the appropriate pills (morning or evening) would come into view. This is the way we use the pill... » Read More There are 28 compartments. Assuming the daily dose of pills for the 5 medications are small enough to fit into one compartment, and that they are all taken at the same time, 28 days. If some pills need to be taken in the morning and some in the evening (requiring two alarm settings per day), then you would need to refill it every 14 days. In this case, you would load the pill dispenser with morning pills and evening pills alternating in every other compartment, so each time the alarm sounds, the appropriate pills (morning or evening) would come into view. This is the way we use the pill dispenser, so we refill it every 14 days. « Show Less
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I can handle two at a time. If they were not capsules, but pills, I would be able to do but one if that . This is day 3 for me. I have no intention of taking 15 a day. But I will do 5.
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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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I just use regular weekly pill containers from drug store do 4 weeks at a time and then transfer them into cassette as needed. The way my mother in law takes her pills we do 2 weeks at a time in her cassette. Have no idea if you can get extra cassettes. This was cheapest way for us.