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WASHINGTON (AP) - A computerized pill box that patients can keep at home to dole out their drugs on schedule and in the correct doses received federal approval Thursday.
The Electronic Medication Management Assistant — EMMA — is for home use but only under the supervision of a health-care provider, the Food and Drug Administration said.
The device can be programmed to dispense individual doses of up to a month's worth of 10 different drugs, according to its manufacturer, INRange Systems Inc. The Web-connected medication box allows pharmacists, doctors and nurses to tweak both the dosing schedules and dosages of drugs loaded into the device in special blister cards. The company-described "electronic nurse" alerts patients when it's time to take a drug with visual and audible alerts.
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