Medication Chart for Dad (Walter)
Made from the list provided for a chart starting Monday, March 3, 2025. Check against the pharmacy labels before use.
Printing tip
Print at 16–18 pt or larger. Use landscape if the tables don't fit. Keep one copy on the fridge.
Daily schedule
🌅 7:00 AM: Breakfast
| Medicine | Amount | How to take |
|---|---|---|
| Lisinopril 10 mg | 1 tablet | every morning |
| Metformin 500mg | 1 tab | twice a day (as written: BID), with meals |
| Amoxicillin 500 mg | 1 capsule | 3 times a day for 10 days (March 3 to March 12 only) |
☀️ 12:00 PM: Lunch
| Medicine | Amount | How to take |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin D3 1000 IU | 1 capsule | daily with lunch |
| Amoxicillin 500 mg | 1 capsule | 3 times a day for 10 days (March 3 to March 12 only) |
🍽️ 5:30 PM: Dinner
| Medicine | Amount | How to take |
|---|---|---|
| Metformin 500mg | 1 tab | twice a day (as written: BID), with meals |
| Amoxicillin 500 mg | 1 capsule | 3 times a day for 10 days (March 3 to March 12 only) |
🌙 9:30 PM: Bedtime
| Medicine | Amount | How to take |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin 20 mg | 1 tablet | at bedtime |
Special days
📅 Every SUNDAY, 6:30 AM (wake-up)
| Medicine | Amount | How to take |
|---|---|---|
| Alendronate 70 mg | 1 tablet | every Sunday morning, 30 min before breakfast, full glass of water, stay upright |
First Sunday: March 9, 2025.
💊 Time-limited course
| Medicine | Start | Last day |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin 500 mg: 1 capsule 3 times a day for 10 days | Monday, March 3, 2025 | Wednesday, March 12, 2025 |
Only when needed
Acetaminophen 500 mg 1-2 tablets as needed for pain. do not exceed 6 tablets in 24 hours
No alarm is set for this.
7-day tick-off sheet
Week of Monday, March 3 to Sunday, March 9, 2025
| Time – Medicine | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:30 AM – Alendronate | — | — | — | — | — | — | ☐ |
| 7:00 AM – Lisinopril | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 7:00 AM – Metformin | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 7:00 AM – Amoxicillin | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 12:00 PM – Vitamin D3 | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 12:00 PM – Amoxicillin | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 5:30 PM – Metformin | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 5:30 PM – Amoxicillin | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 9:30 PM – Atorvastatin | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
Next week: Amoxicillin continues only on Mon Mar 10, Tue Mar 11, and Wed Mar 12. Cross out the Amoxicillin rows for Thursday through Sunday.
Please confirm with your pharmacist or doctor
- ☐ Metformin "BID": I read this as "twice a day" and placed it at breakfast (7:00 AM) and dinner (5:30 PM). Is that right?
- ☐ Amoxicillin "3 times a day": no times were given. I placed it at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Are these times OK?
- ☐ Amoxicillin end date: I counted March 3 as day 1, so the last day is March 12. Is that right? Were any doses already taken on March 3 before the chart started?
- ☐ Lisinopril "every morning": I placed it at breakfast (7:00 AM) rather than wake-up (6:30 AM). Is that OK?
- ☐ Sunday mornings: Alendronate is at 6:30 AM, and the 7:00 AM medicines follow 30 minutes later. Does this Sunday timing work as charted?
- ☐ Acetaminophen: confirm the "as needed" directions match the label.
- ☐ Have the pharmacist or doctor look over this chart once.
Assumptions I made
- "Every morning" (Lisinopril) means breakfast, 7:00 AM.
- "BID with meals" (Metformin) means breakfast at 7:00 AM and dinner at 5:30 PM.
- "3 times a day" (Amoxicillin) means the three meals: 7:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 5:30 PM.
- "Every Sunday morning, 30 min before breakfast" (Alendronate) means wake-up, 6:30 AM, on Sundays.
- "With lunch" means 12:00 PM. "At bedtime" means 9:30 PM.
- Start date: Monday, March 3, 2025, as you gave.
- Amoxicillin: 10 days from March 3, ending after the 5:30 PM dose on March 12.
- Fewest alarms: one alarm per time slot. Each meal slot has two calendar entries: one for March 3–12 that includes Amoxicillin, and one from March 13 onward without it. Only one of them rings on any given day.
- Reminder lead time: every alarm rings 5 minutes early, as you asked.
- Acetaminophen gets no alarm because it is as-needed.
- Spelling: all names were copied exactly as you wrote them. None looked misspelled.
- Chart date line: I don't have today's date, so the top line shows the chart's start date instead.
Key contacts
- Pharmacy: Main Street Pharmacy, (555) 201-3344
- Doctor: Dr. Patel (no phone number was given)
Your phone/computer reminders (.ics file)
- Copy everything in the box below.
- Paste it into a plain text file (Notepad on Windows, TextEdit in plain-text mode on Mac).
- Save it as medication-reminders.ics.
- Open the file, or import it into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook.
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DTEND:20250303T071500
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SUMMARY:7:00 AM Breakfast meds - Dad (Walter)
DESCRIPTION:Lisinopril 10 mg - 1 tablet - every morning\nMetformin 500mg - 1 tab - with meals\nAmoxicillin 500 mg - 1 capsule (through March 12)
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ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:7:00 AM Breakfast meds
TRIGGER:-PT5M
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UID:walter-0700@donkley
DTSTAMP:20250301T000000Z
DTSTART:20250313T070000
DTEND:20250313T071500
RRULE:FREQ=DAILY
SUMMARY:7:00 AM Breakfast meds - Dad (Walter)
DESCRIPTION:Lisinopril 10 mg - 1 tablet - every morning\nMetformin 500mg - 1 tab - with meals
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:7:00 AM Breakfast meds
TRIGGER:-PT5M
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:walter-1200-with-amox@donkley
DTSTAMP:2025030