How many medications do you take?

A few months ago Viva Life asked me to try one of the Med Manager Travel Cases. I hesitated because being on so many medications is not the end goal I aim for you to achieve. My goal is for you to make dietary and lifestyle changes so medication is not needed.

However, achieving the goal takes time, so if you are on different medications right now, something to help organize your medications may be useful to you.

To give this a fair test I asked my mom to use the travel case. She is dealing with health issues and, unfortunately, has enough medication right now to almost fill the case.

Her overall feedback is positive. She has to travel frequently between her home and stays with family for treatment, so being able to have the meds organized (versus her old system of medication bottles stuffed in a large ziplock bag) makes it much easier to make sure she has everything.

Here are a few notes from mom and one of my sisters who assisted in getting her set up…

1. The case holds medication bottles well.

2. If you also take supplements, it does not hold the large vitamin bottles. Would need to get smaller travel size versions for the case.

3. Does not hold her weekly pill organizer. (Could just be her particular pill organizer. She does not have diabetes but the version I was given is the Med Manager For People with Diabetes. Looks like the case is intended for the organizer to go into one of the zipper pouches.)

4. The most frustrating part of the case for her is the 6-pocket 5 tabbed color file manager. There is one piece of Velcro at the bottom that holds it to the larger zipper case. Doesn’t stay securely attached to the larger case. Needs a few more velcro adhesives. She’s likely to just use the case and not the file manager for traveling.

All the best,
Lisa Nelson RD