{"id":651,"date":"2025-04-18T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=651"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:12:44","slug":"automated-pill-box","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/?product=automated-pill-box","title":{"rendered":"Automated Pill Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Box that stores pills in separate compartments with digital features that allows pills and tablets to be dispensed automatically when ready to take.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to use<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Load the pill box in advance inserting appropriate medication and doses in the corresponding compartments. Some tools may allow for locking to prevent incorrect dosages being taken or tampering.<\/p>\n<p>At time to take medication, either dispense the current dose by hand (e.g. tip tool over, use a slider or open compartment) or wait for tool to dispense medication. Some dispensers may have a reminder or alarm mechanism that must be turned off before dispensing.<\/p>\n<p>Boxes compartments may vary in number e.g. a 3 by 7 pill box has a tray with 3 rows of 7 compartments, enough to hold 7 days worth of pills split into AM, noon and PM doses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main features<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stores medicines in doses, automated dispensing, alarms, reminders, lockable, wall-mountable<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Batteries, mains supply, set up, pre-loading\u00a0 and refilling medication<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example Products and Manufacturers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pill Dispenser (Accutab) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epill.com\/accutab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order from e-pill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4 Times a Day x 7 Day Large Weekly Pill Organizer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epill.com\/medgliderhome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order from e-pill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MedSmart Locked Automatic Pill Dispenser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epill.com\/medsmart.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order from e-pill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MedReady 1700 Automated Medication Dispenser <a href=\"https:\/\/medreadyinc.net\/products\/medication-dispensers\/medready-1700\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order from MedReady Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also known as dosette box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":778,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[122,135,104,110,111,112],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-651","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-carers","7":"product_cat-everyone","8":"product_cat-mouth","9":"product_cat-reminders","10":"product_cat-storing-medication","11":"product_cat-taking-medication","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"product-type-grouped"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=651"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=651"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sensorysupport4medicines.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}