A printable medication chart you fill in before you print

The problem with blank templates

Most printable medication charts are empty grids. You print one, then hand-write every medicine into every time slot for every day — for a two-week course with four medicines, that is well over a hundred entries, each one a chance to write the wrong thing. Handwriting also fades, smudges, and is hard for an older person to read from across the kitchen.

Three printable sheets, one entry

You enter each medicine once and can print it three different ways. The wall chart is a large colour grid to pin up where the medicines are kept. The tick sheet is a dated record with an empty box next to every single dose, so whoever gives the medicine ticks it and the family can see at a glance whether the evening dose was missed. The pocket card is a compact summary to carry to appointments.

Built for handwriting on

The tick sheet never shrinks a row below a size you can actually write in. If a six-week course will not fit one page at a usable size, it prints across two or three pages with the column headings repeated on each — rather than squeezing everything down to unreadable four-point type to force a single sheet.

Paper sizes

A4 and US Letter suit a kitchen noticeboard. A3 is worth using when there are five or more medicines a day, because every box gets bigger. A5 prints a compact version for a bedside drawer or a travel bag.

How to make one

1. Add your medicines
2. Switch to the Tick sheet
3. Print — one dose, one box

Questions

A note on safety. PillsChart reproduces the schedule you type. It does not check doses or interactions. Always follow the instructions from your doctor or pharmacist, and check the printed chart against the prescription before anyone relies on it.

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