How not to forget your medicines: simple ways to keep to a schedule

Tie each dose to something you do every day: breakfast, brushing your teeth, an evening cup of tea. A pill organiser with a compartment for each day shows at a glance whether you have taken a dose, and a phone alarm can remind you of the midday one.

If the schedule is inconvenient or a medicine is hard to tolerate, don't change it yourself. Tell your doctor: often a different time, form or medicine can be found.