Ezy Dose Adult Lock One Day At a Time Medium Weekly Medication Organizer Tray - Colors Vary

There are lots of other sorter systems (I've tried many), including ones that look like the API trays, but this one is the most carefully thought-out to incorporate ease of use, common sense, clarity and practicality. They now make them in small, medium and large sizes.

Years ago, after we'd been using the API tray for a while, I was not surprised to see it at an international exhibition for top life-saving designs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This is one of those things that looks so basic until you start thinking about what kind of consideration went into its planning.

It's features are the following:

--Easy to open and close indivual dosage compartments.

--Very boldly and clearly labeled with day and time of day on each individual dosage compartment, so you can avert mistakes. (After a couple of years of use, I have had to go over the lettering with a Sharpie sometimes).

--Easy and clear overall layout for sorting out a week's worth of a lot of meds.

--Each day is a single unit. If you're going out for the day or the weekend, just take the boxes you need. There's a circle cut out in the tray behind each day, and you can easily pop out the day's box with a finger or, if you're arthritic, an implement.

There's one "con": If you drop the tray, sometimes some the dosage boxes will open and pills will scatter. This is the trade-off for ease of opening and closing the boxes. API and others make pill sorters with lock mechanisms, but these are hard to open for some people. I don't have a problem, but my mother no longer has the strength or coordination to maneuver these. Anyone with arthritis wouldn't be able to handle either.

I was pleasantly surprised with this purchase. I wasn't sure if the compartments were going to be large enough, but they are.

I love being able to easily remove one or more days of medication and take it on the go without having to take the entire week or having to find something else to transport the medications. And this unit has the Adult lock feature I was needing because any other kind of "locking" feature causes the pills to spill with the slightest bump. Would definately recommend this product!

Buy Ezy Dose Adult Lock One Day At a Time Medium Weekly Medication Organizer Tray - Colors Vary Now