Once your prescriptions are in Looms, you can activate reminders for each medication so that the app nudges you at the right time every day. This article walks through the setup and explains how to keep your reminders in sync with any changes to your prescription.
Turning on reminders for a medication
- Go to **Medicines** in your sidebar
- Find the medication you want to set a reminder for and tap or click on it
- Toggle **Daily reminder** on
- Choose the times of day that match your prescribed dosing schedule
- Save — the reminder will activate from the next scheduled time
Choosing reminder times
Set reminders to match the instructions on your prescription — morning, lunchtime, evening, or specific hours. For medications that need to be taken with food, choose a time that lines up naturally with your meal schedule to build the habit faster.
You can set multiple reminders per day for medications with more than one daily dose.
Keeping reminders in sync with prescription changes
If your doctor adjusts your dose or timing, update the medication entry in Looms and adjust your reminder times to match. Reminders tied to the old schedule will continue firing until you change them, so keeping them in sync avoids confusion.
Marking doses as taken
When a reminder fires, you can mark the dose as taken directly from the notification or from the Medicines page. Looms uses this to build your adherence history — visible in your Health Timeline and to any clinic you choose to share it with.
Pausing reminders
If you're admitted to hospital, travelling without your usual schedule, or your prescription is paused, you can disable individual reminders without deleting the medication. Toggle the reminder off on the medication detail page and turn it back on when you resume.