'''Running out on a Friday afternoon is an avoidable kind of bad day.''' The refill runway counts what you have against what your schedule uses and tells you the date it runs out.
'''It is arithmetic on your own numbers.''' Loopa does not know what your pharmacy has, does not contact anybody, and does not order anything.
'''Protocols are a Loopa Premium feature.'''
== Setting it up ==
On the compound, open '''Supply''' and enter:
- '''How many units you have''' (pens, vials, boxes, whatever you count in).
- '''How many doses each one gives you.'''
- '''An expiry date''', if it has one.
That is all it needs. It reads your schedule for the rest.
== The date it gives you ==
Units on hand, times doses per unit, drawn down by the schedule you entered, gives a '''run-out date'''.
'''It counts logged doses, not taken ones.''' If you stop logging, the date drifts later rather than earlier. That is on purpose: an app that quietly assumed you took something you never recorded would be making things up about your medication.
So the runway is only as good as your dose log. See [[logging-a-dose-a-missed-dose-or-a-change|Logging a dose, a missed dose or a change]].
== The reminder ==
'''The refill nudge is on by default.''' It is the one nudge that is, because forgetting to reorder is the failure it exists to prevent, and it costs you one notification.
It fires '''once''' for a given reorder date, not once a day. You get warned when you are within a week of running out, and separately when something is close to expiring.
Turn it off on the compound if you would rather track it yourself.
== The calculators ==
Two, both on the compound, both pure arithmetic with '''no default values of any kind''':
'''Volume.''' Your dose in mg, divided by your concentration in mg/mL, gives mL.
'''Reconstitution.''' Vial in mg divided by diluent in mL gives a concentration; your dose divided by that gives mL, and the same figure in units on a U-100 syringe.
Every figure you put in is yours. Loopa proposes nothing, suggests no range, and will not fill a field in for you. The only limits are against nonsense such as a zero or a negative, so a typo cannot produce a number that reads like an instruction.
'''The result is a conversion, not a dose.''' Your prescriber sets the dose. Check the result against what they told you, and against the label.
== Keeping it accurate ==
- '''Update the count when you collect a refill.'''
- '''Log your doses''', or the drawdown is a guess.
- '''Re-enter the expiry''' when you open a new box.
== Related ==
- [[medication-protocols|Medication protocols]]
- [[logging-a-dose-a-missed-dose-or-a-change|Logging a dose, a missed dose or a change]]
- [[supplement-and-medication-reminders|Supplement and medication reminders]]
- [[reminders-and-notifications|Reminders and notifications]]
- [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]]
== Where this comes from ==
Every number on this screen is one you entered or a dose you logged. '''Loopa does not give medical advice''' and never sets, suggests or changes a dose. Sources for health information elsewhere in this knowledge base are at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources].
[[Category:Health tracking]]
'''Running out on a Friday afternoon is an avoidable kind of bad day.''' The refill runway counts what you have against what your schedule uses and tells you the date it runs out. '''It is arithmetic on your own numbers.''' Loopa does not know what your pharmacy has, does not contact anybody, and does not order anything. '''Protocols are a Loopa Premium feature.''' == Setting it up == On the compound, open '''Supply''' and enter: * '''How many units you have''' (pens, vials, boxes, whatever you count in). * '''How many doses each one gives you.''' * '''An expiry date''', if it has one. That is all it needs. It reads your schedule for the rest. == The date it gives you == Units on hand, times doses per unit, drawn down by the schedule you entered, gives a '''run-out date'''. '''It counts logged doses, not taken ones.''' If you stop logging, the date drifts later rather than earlier. That is on purpose: an app that quietly assumed you took something you never recorded would be making things up about your medication. So the runway is only as good as your dose log. See [[logging-a-dose-a-missed-dose-or-a-change|Logging a dose, a missed dose or a change]]. == The reminder == '''The refill nudge is on by default.''' It is the one nudge that is, because forgetting to reorder is the failure it exists to prevent, and it costs you one notification. It fires '''once''' for a given reorder date, not once a day. You get warned when you are within a week of running out, and separately when something is close to expiring. Turn it off on the compound if you would rather track it yourself. == The calculators == Two, both on the compound, both pure arithmetic with '''no default values of any kind''': '''Volume.''' Your dose in mg, divided by your concentration in mg/mL, gives mL. '''Reconstitution.''' Vial in mg divided by diluent in mL gives a concentration; your dose divided by that gives mL, and the same figure in units on a U-100 syringe. Every figure you put in is yours. Loopa proposes nothing, suggests no range, and will not fill a field in for you. The only limits are against nonsense such as a zero or a negative, so a typo cannot produce a number that reads like an instruction. '''The result is a conversion, not a dose.''' Your prescriber sets the dose. Check the result against what they told you, and against the label. == Keeping it accurate == * '''Update the count when you collect a refill.''' * '''Log your doses''', or the drawdown is a guess. * '''Re-enter the expiry''' when you open a new box. == Related == * [[medication-protocols|Medication protocols]] * [[logging-a-dose-a-missed-dose-or-a-change|Logging a dose, a missed dose or a change]] * [[supplement-and-medication-reminders|Supplement and medication reminders]] * [[reminders-and-notifications|Reminders and notifications]] * [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]] == Where this comes from == Every number on this screen is one you entered or a dose you logged. '''Loopa does not give medical advice''' and never sets, suggests or changes a dose. Sources for health information elsewhere in this knowledge base are at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. [[Category:Health tracking]]
