Keep medications and appointments straight, in one place you own
Medications and appointments are the part of someone’s care that changes most often and scatters the fastest — a pill list on the fridge, an inhaler in a coat pocket, an appointment card in a purse, a refill due that nobody’s watching. The Medication & Appointment Tracker pulls all of it into one calm, findable place: what’s taken, when, what’s running low, and what’s coming up. Whether you’re keeping track for a parent, a partner, or yourself, it gets that knowledge out of a few heads and a few drawers and onto the page.
Every medication, in one place
The Medications tab holds every current medication — name, dose, when it’s taken, what it’s for, and the prescriber — with a dropdown for the schedule. Bring a photo of it to every appointment and to the ER; it’s often the first thing clinicians ask for. The Dose Schedule then maps the same medications across the day — morning, midday, evening, bedtime, and as-needed — so a fill-in helper can keep the routine straight without re-reading the whole list. It’s a record you keep, not medical advice.
Stay ahead of every refill
Running out on a weekend is the avoidable emergency. The Refills tab is a little arithmetic that helps prevent it: last-filled date plus days’ supply tells you roughly when to reorder — you note the refill-by date a week ahead — and a color-coded status you set (Auto-refill, OK, Refill soon, Overdue) tells you at a glance what needs attention. The status word is always shown, so it reads clearly with or without color.
Appointments, with the questions to ask
The Appointments tab keeps what’s coming up, the reason, how they’ll get there, the questions to ask before the visit, and what each past visit decided — with a color-coded status. The At-a-Glance page is the summary a paramedic or a fill-in helper needs in the first five minutes: conditions, allergies, the primary doctor, the pharmacy, who to call, and where the full medication list and the advance directive are kept. And Providers & Pharmacies keeps every doctor, specialist, and pharmacy with direct numbers, so a question or a refill doesn’t start with a search.
One rule that keeps it safe to share
A medication tracker gets shared by its nature — a family member, a neighbor, a fill-in helper may all open it. So it’s built on a single rule that runs through every tab: it records the care and where documents live — never pharmacy- or patient-portal logins, PINs, or full insurance member numbers. (The Rx number printed on the bottle is fine — it only refills a prescription.) Real logins belong in a password manager the family shares. The tracker is a record of care, not a set of keys.
Own it, don’t rent it
For something this personal, the file should be yours. Unlike a subscription medication app, it doesn’t live on a company’s server, can’t be locked behind a lapsed payment, and won’t vanish if the service shuts down. You decide where it’s stored and which family members can see it. It’s the middle ground between a blank spreadsheet and a rented app: real structure, on a file you keep.
It opens in Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice (the Google Sheets version is a one-click “Make a copy,” no import), and prints to paper if you’d rather fill it in by hand. A finishable Start Here Checklist counts what’s done, so the whole thing feels finite, not endless. Pair it with the Caregiver / Aging-Parent Care Binder for the whole-care picture.
Try the free version first
Not ready for the full tracker? The free Med List starter is a one-page printable — current medications and doses — for the fridge or a bag. It’s a real taste of what the full tracker organizes.
An honest note
This is a record-organizing workbook for keeping medications and appointments straight. It is not medical advice, a diagnosis, a treatment plan, or a prescription, and it does not set or change any dose — read every dose off the bottle and always defer to the prescribing doctor and pharmacist. Where it mentions an advance directive, it only records where the signed document is kept. The workbook ships pre-filled with a clearly fictional example you overwrite with your own. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any pharmacy, insurer, or hospital.
