Notifications for medications due #933
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Is there a way to have a notification when its time to take a medication that is setup in the health->medication page? I don't know if I'm just missing it or if it actually Isn't a option? |
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Yes, this exists - it is not a setting you switch on, it falls out of the schedule. Two things have to be in place, and one of them is the usual reason it looks missing. 1. The medication needs a schedule, not just an entry. Health -> Medications -> open the medication -> add a schedule with one or more times of day (plus a weekday mask and a dose, if you want). A medication that only sits in the list, or one flagged as needed, has no planned time by definition and so nothing to remind you about. 2. Notifications have to be reachable for that account. Either Web Push (Settings -> Notifications, allow it in the browser and add the PWA to the home screen on iOS) or a notification channel such as Gotify or ntfy. Medication reminders ride the same delivery layer as calendar and task reminders - no separate opt-in, but also no delivery if that layer was never set up. Once both hold, a job checks every 60 seconds, creates the pending dose entry at its planned time, and sends one notification per dose titled "Medications / ", tapping through to One catch worth knowing: the reminder goes to the person the medication belongs to ( If schedule and notifications are both set up and you still get nothing, tell me your version (Settings -> About) and whether other reminders - a calendar event, say - arrive on that device. That splits it into "medication job" versus "push delivery" quickly. |
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Okay, I apparently didn't have it set up correctly in the medication schedule area. It works as intended now, sorry about that! :) |
Yes, this exists - it is not a setting you switch on, it falls out of the schedule. Two things have to be in place, and one of them is the usual reason it looks missing.
1. The medication needs a schedule, not just an entry. Health -> Medications -> open the medication -> add a schedule with one or more times of day (plus a weekday mask and a dose, if you want). A medication that only sits in the list, or one flagged as needed, has no planned time by definition and so nothing to remind you about.
2. Notifications have to be reachable for that account. Either Web Push (Settings -> Notifications, allow it in the browser and add the PWA to the home screen on iOS) or a notification channel su…