Remembering your medication

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Anyone who gets confused about which medicine they should take—and when they should take it—might consider creating a pill card.

The pill card is a new service from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. With a computer and printer, you can log onto the pillcard web site and go through the step-by-step instructions to make a card for yourself or a friend or relative who has difficulties with a medication schedule. Pictures and icons can be added to the card for easy reminders of what a particular pill looks like and when to take it. The card can be given to caretakers, doctors and others.

--Shari Roan