Printable medication sheet: how to fill it in and use it at home

All the medication on one sheet

With the medication written down in one place, anyone who helps at home knows what is taken, how much and when, and at an appointment the answer is complete without relying on anyone's memory.

The sheet is free and takes a single page: print it at home or save it as a PDF to keep on the phone.

What the sheet has

• The person's details: name, allergies and an emergency contact.
• The current medication: the medicine and its strength, what it is for, how much and when it is taken, any special instructions and who prescribed it.
• Room to note what to ask at the next appointment.

How to fill it in

Copy each detail exactly as it appears on the prescription, the box or the leaflet. The sheet records the instructions; it does not replace or interpret them.

Add what does not seem like "a medicine" too: what is bought without a prescription, vitamins, drops, creams and inhalers. And write down the date you filled it in, so you know whether it is the current version.

Keeping it up to date

Whenever a medicine is started, changed or stopped, update the sheet that same day and throw away the old copy, so two versions of the same treatment never coexist.

Among the questions the World Health Organization suggests for reviewing medication is precisely whether to keep a list of everything that is taken.

The next step: from the list to reminders

With the sheet filled in, you already have the hardest part: each medicine, how much and when. Loading it into Blist takes a few minutes, and from then on each dose has its reminder on your phone and on the phone of whoever helps you, the history shows what was taken and the health profile can be shared as a PDF at no cost.

The sheet carries a QR code to download Blist. It is free to start, no credit card needed. The instructions always come from the healthcare professional.