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Technology to Help You Remember To Take Medications: Automatic Pill Dispensers

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Whether it is a one or multiple medication regimen, people often forget to take their medications routinely as prescribed. Automatic pill dispensers, including automated dispensing machines and smart pill boxes, provide a solution for managing medications. Automatic pill dispensers function as an upgrade to classic organizers, also known as pill boxes, by staying on time with daily medications without requiring too much thinking.

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