'''Loopa keeps a record of what you took and when.''' That record is the thing your patterns, your refill runway and your appointment summary are all built from, so it is worth keeping honestly rather than tidily.

'''Loopa never tells you what to do about a dose.''' Not whether to take a late one, not whether to skip, not whether to change anything. Those are your prescriber's instructions, and where they have given you one, theirs is the one to follow.

'''Protocols are a Loopa Premium feature.'''

== Logging a dose ==

# Open '''Health › Protocols''' and pick the protocol.
# Tap the compound, then '''Log dose'''.
# The time defaults to now. Change it if you are recording something from earlier.
# For an injected route, tap the '''site''' on the body map.
# '''Save'''.

The amount carries over from what you set on the compound, so a dose you take the same way every time is two taps. Change it on the entry when the entry is different.

'''From a reminder.''' If you have reminders on, the notification itself logs the dose. One tap from the lock screen, no app.

== Logging one late ==

Set the time to when you actually took it. A dose recorded at the right time is worth more than a dose recorded at a convenient one, because everything Loopa shows you afterwards is grouped by day and by position in your cycle.

There is no penalty and nothing turns red.

== A dose you did not take ==

'''There is nothing to log.''' A missed dose is an absence in the record, and that is what it should look like. Loopa has no "missed" button, no streak to break and no score to lose.

If the gap matters to you, write it down where it will be read: put a line in the '''note''' on your next dose, or add a question on your next check-in so it is on the first page of your appointment summary.

What to do about a missed dose is a question for your prescriber, and the answer depends on the medicine, the schedule and you.

== When something changes ==

'''A change is a new entry, not an edit.''' If your prescriber moves you to a different amount, update the compound and carry on logging. The doses you already recorded stay exactly as they were, so the timeline shows what you were on and when it changed.

That is deliberate. Rewriting history to match the present makes the past unreadable, and the past is what an appointment is about.

Update the '''schedule''' on the compound in the same place if the pattern changed too, so reminders and the calendar follow.

== Fixing a mistake ==

'''A dose logged in error can be deleted.''' Open '''Health › Protocols › Timeline''', find the entry, and delete it.

Deleting is the only correction. There is no edit, for the same reason a change is a new entry: an entry that can be quietly rewritten is not a record.

If you logged the same dose twice from two devices, delete one.

== Rotation ==

For an injected medication, '''Health › Protocols › Sites''' shows where your logged doses went over the last 90 days, as a map rather than a list. The point is that rotation is visible at a glance. Product labeling for injected medications says to rotate sites with each dose.

Loopa shows you where you have been. It does not pick your next site.

== What your record feeds ==

* '''The timeline''', so a change has a date.
* '''Your cycle pattern''', after three complete cycles.
* '''The refill runway''', which counts down from what you logged.
* '''The summary for your appointment''', which lists your doses beside your symptoms, check-ins and labs.

== Related ==

* [[medication-protocols|Medication protocols]]
* [[titration-and-why-doses-change|Titration, and why doses change]]
* [[supplement-and-medication-reminders|Supplement and medication reminders]]
* [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]]
* [[sharing-your-protocol-with-a-coach|Sharing your protocol with a coach]]

== Where this comes from ==

Guidance on rotating injection sites is from the approved product labeling for injected medications. The full list of sources is at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' It never sets, suggests or changes a dose.

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