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Title: perfect 2 patch schedule
Post by: sherie157 on September 03, 2017, 08:57:45 AM
Post by: sherie157 on September 03, 2017, 08:57:45 AM
Hi All,
My new Rx is to wear 2 patches at once, and to nominally change out both of them twice per week. My physician suggests laddering to smooth out the dose, so one new one comes on and one comes off. Using excel, I found equally spaced intervals for an ideal schedule. RB = right buttox, LB = left buttox, LF = left front, RF = right front. So my replacement cycle goes clockwise around my body. I can now remember how to do this.
Fri 6PM RB
Fri midnight
Sat 6AM
Sat noon
Sat 6PM
Sat midnight
Sun 6AM
Sun noon LB
Sun 6PM
Sun midnight
Mon 6AM
Mon noon
Mon 6PM
Mon midnight
Tue 6AM LF
Tue noon
Tue 6PM
Tue midnight
Wed 6AM
Wed noon
Wed 6PM
Wed midnight RF
Thur 6AM
Thur noon
Thur 6PM
Thur midnight
Fri 6AM
Fri noon
Fri 6PM RB
Fri midnight
Sat 6AM
Sat noon
Sat 6PM
Sat midnight
My new Rx is to wear 2 patches at once, and to nominally change out both of them twice per week. My physician suggests laddering to smooth out the dose, so one new one comes on and one comes off. Using excel, I found equally spaced intervals for an ideal schedule. RB = right buttox, LB = left buttox, LF = left front, RF = right front. So my replacement cycle goes clockwise around my body. I can now remember how to do this.
Fri 6PM RB
Fri midnight
Sat 6AM
Sat noon
Sat 6PM
Sat midnight
Sun 6AM
Sun noon LB
Sun 6PM
Sun midnight
Mon 6AM
Mon noon
Mon 6PM
Mon midnight
Tue 6AM LF
Tue noon
Tue 6PM
Tue midnight
Wed 6AM
Wed noon
Wed 6PM
Wed midnight RF
Thur 6AM
Thur noon
Thur 6PM
Thur midnight
Fri 6AM
Fri noon
Fri 6PM RB
Fri midnight
Sat 6AM
Sat noon
Sat 6PM
Sat midnight
Title: Re: perfect 2 patch schedule
Post by: Laurie on September 03, 2017, 01:51:33 PM
Post by: Laurie on September 03, 2017, 01:51:33 PM
Hi sherie157
You might try a spreadsheet. That is what I did for the 15 medications,vitamins, and hormones I take daily at differing times during the day. I put the date, general time frames ie breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, bedtime etc. in columns to the left with the general time frames each on their own lines and repaet that daily block for each day going down the page for a month. Then fill in the actual times I take the medications in the next column. I list all the medications to the right in separate columns and the dosages for each time frame below that on the line for the time frame I take it. I also use my spreadsheet to record readings for my BP, pulse and BS (blood sugar). I keep track of appointments and notes all the way to the right. I made a template of the completed blank form and modify the form each month.
It works for me and I have all my pertinent medical information in one place.
laurie
You might try a spreadsheet. That is what I did for the 15 medications,vitamins, and hormones I take daily at differing times during the day. I put the date, general time frames ie breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, bedtime etc. in columns to the left with the general time frames each on their own lines and repaet that daily block for each day going down the page for a month. Then fill in the actual times I take the medications in the next column. I list all the medications to the right in separate columns and the dosages for each time frame below that on the line for the time frame I take it. I also use my spreadsheet to record readings for my BP, pulse and BS (blood sugar). I keep track of appointments and notes all the way to the right. I made a template of the completed blank form and modify the form each month.
It works for me and I have all my pertinent medical information in one place.
laurie
Title: Re: perfect 2 patch schedule
Post by: sherie157 on September 03, 2017, 11:26:17 PM
Post by: sherie157 on September 03, 2017, 11:26:17 PM
Hi Lauri,
Thanks! Yes - I used a spreadsheet to figure out the even intervals (excel). The other meds I can keep straight without use of the tool. It was the laddering and the 4 patches per week and the fact the a week is 7 days that led me to excel to figure this out.
You sound very well organized!
Sherie
Thanks! Yes - I used a spreadsheet to figure out the even intervals (excel). The other meds I can keep straight without use of the tool. It was the laddering and the 4 patches per week and the fact the a week is 7 days that led me to excel to figure this out.
You sound very well organized!
Sherie
Title: Re: perfect 2 patch schedule
Post by: Laurie on September 04, 2017, 10:08:54 AM
Post by: Laurie on September 04, 2017, 10:08:54 AM
Quote from: sherie157 on September 03, 2017, 11:26:17 PM
Hi Lauri,
Thanks! Yes - I used a spreadsheet to figure out the even intervals (excel). The other meds I can keep straight without use of the tool. It was the laddering and the 4 patches per week and the fact the a week is 7 days that led me to excel to figure this out.
You sound very well organized!
Sherie
Me? Organized? roflmao. No that description does NOT fit me at all.
laurie
Title: Re: perfect 2 patch schedule
Post by: Tessa James on September 04, 2017, 01:25:57 PM
Post by: Tessa James on September 04, 2017, 01:25:57 PM
I use patches and love the idea of smooth consistent dosages. The schedule you have sure seems busy tho?
Up at midnight and then again at 6:00 in the morning for a patch application? This old thang likes to sleep in sometimes or go to bed at 10;00 but thanks for sharing another way ;D
Up at midnight and then again at 6:00 in the morning for a patch application? This old thang likes to sleep in sometimes or go to bed at 10;00 but thanks for sharing another way ;D