How to Set up Follow-up Medication Reminders in iOS 17

Sep. 11, 2023

Now, if you don’t log your medications 30 minutes after the initial notification, your iPhone will show additional reminders to take your medicines. It’s a supremely helpfuliOS 17 featureto ensure that you don’t skip your meds and put your health at risk. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to set up follow-up medication reminders on iPhone in iOS 17.

How to Enable Follow-Up Medication Reminders on iPhone

If you often forget to take your prescribed pills on time and miss those notifications too easily, follow-up reminders on your iPhone can help you maintain your medicine schedule. Here’s how to set it up:

Once you’ve done this, the Health app will remind you to take your meds, if you haven’t logged your medications 30 minutes after the initial notification.

For the life-dependent medications that you don’t want to miss in any situation, you can use the Critical Alerts feature in iOS 17. The critical medication alerts will appear on the lock screen and play a sound, even if you’ve enabled Focus mode or put your phone on mute. So, if you have a really hectic schedule or often keep your iPhone in silent mode, this feature can be of extreme help. You can set critical alerts for individual or all medications. Here’s how to enable them:

Note: To enable Critical Medication Alerts, you should have the Follow-Up Reminders option turned ON.

Going forward, your medication notifications will reach you, no matter if your iPhone is muted or in Focus mode.