PITTSBURGH — Studies have shown that abusing prescription pills can lead to abusing drugs such as heroin, and experts have now developed a new tool in the fight to curb addiction by addressing ...

As opioid overuse increases across the state and the country, pharmacies and manufacturers are working to curb that trend. Now a new and simple technology offers a way to reduce the misuse with a ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A prescription pill bottle's label contains important information, but it can't keep track of when the pills were last taken. Replace the pill bottle's lid with TimerCap, and you've ...

Not taking medication as prescribed can sometimes lead to life threatening consequences. A new tool called the Timer Cap is being sold in some Ozarks pharmacies, and it could help people stick to what ...

WASHINGTON - Prescription drug abuse is a major problem nationwide, but one man is on a mission to make digital timers on the caps of all prescription pill bottles mandatory. “My mom was addicted to ...

TimerCap, a manufacturer of pill caps equipped with a digital clock reminder to promote safe medication use, recently launched a new wireless Bluetooth pill bottle cap that syncs with the Medisafe ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON — Big pharmacies have started ...

CHEVY CHASE, Md. (WUSA9) -- According to the World Health Organization, the number one problem in health care today is poor medication adherence. We don't take our meds when we're supposed to which ...

The iCap is a wireless Bluetooth cap for prescription pill bottles that works in conjunction with the Medisafe app and allows patients and caregivers to accurately track when pill bottles are opened ...