Your medications, all in one place
A medication list app that checks each new pill against the rest
A medication list only helps if it's complete and current. Tavita is a medication list app for your prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and supplements together.
Every time you add something, it's checked against everything already on the list. And because it's on your phone, it's with you when a doctor, pharmacist, or nurse asks what you take.
Free to download on iPhone and Android
No account and no ads. Pro is optional.
Example
My medication list
Levothyroxine
Once a day, empty stomach
Lisinopril
Once a day
Calcium citrate
Twice a day
Vitamin D3
Once a day, with food
Levothyroxine and calcium: kept 4 hours apart in your schedule
What goes on it
What the FDA suggests you keep on your list
The FDA's Create and Keep a Medication List for Your Health is a good place to start. It says to include every prescription, over-the-counter medicine, vitamin, and supplement you take, and for each one:
- the name
- the strength
- what you take it for
- how much you take and when
It also suggests adding your allergies, your medical conditions, and emergency contacts. Keep a copy with you, on your phone or on paper next to your insurance card, and update it whenever a prescription starts, stops, or changes.
What Tavita keeps for each item
For every medicine or supplement, you can save the name and brand, the dose amount and unit, how many times a day you take it, and whether it's daily, weekly, or as needed. You can mark it as with food or on an empty stomach, and set a fixed course length for something like a 10-day antibiotic. Add a pill count and an expiry date if you want reminders before either runs out.
What it doesn't hold:the reason you take each item, your allergies, or emergency contacts. Keep those on the FDA form or in your phone's medical ID.
Why an app
A list that checks itself beats a note on your phone
A list in your notes app can't tell you anything. In Tavita, each new item is checked against the rest the moment you add it, using a built-in library of over 15,000 known interaction pairs drawn from FDA labels, NIH sources, and published research. It covers medicine with medicine, medicine with supplement, and supplement with supplement.
Say your birth control pill contains ethinyl estradiol and you pick up St. John's wort at the pharmacy. If both are on your list by their generic names, Tavita flags the pair right away. That free instant check covers the most serious combinations and works offline. From there, it's a question for your pharmacist before you open the bottle.
Once your list is in, you can turn it into a daily schedule with reminders for each dose. That schedule comes with a safety report that also covers moderate interactions, and you can mark each dose taken or skipped.
Questions
Medication list questions
How do I make a list of my medications?
Gather every bottle and box you take from, including over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and supplements. For each one, write down the name, the strength, what you take it for, and how and when you take it, as the FDA's guide to keeping a medication list suggests. Add your allergies, your health conditions, and an emergency contact. Then keep it somewhere you'll always have it: in an app, as a photo on your phone, or on paper in your wallet.
In Tavita, you type each item in or scan a supplement's barcode (Pro can scan the label), and each one is checked against the rest as you go.
Where is my medication list on my iPhone?
If you added your medicines to Apple's Health app, open Health, tap Browse, then tap Medications. From there you can scroll to the More section and export a PDF of your current medications (Apple's steps). If you keep your list in Tavita, it's on the Stack tab.
Where can I find a free printable medication list for my wallet?
The FDA has a free form called My Medicines that you can fill out and print. It walks you through what to include. Fold it into your wallet next to your insurance card and update it whenever something changes. Tavita doesn't print a wallet card yet, so we'd point you to the FDA form too.
Should vitamins and supplements go on my medication list?
Yes. The FDA's guide lists vitamins and supplements right next to prescription and over-the-counter medicines. Some supplements interact with prescriptions. St. John's wort, for example, can weaken the effects of many medicines, including birth control pills, according to the NIH's complementary health center. Whoever reviews your list needs to see everything.
Is Tavita free, and do I need an account?
It's free to download and you don't need an account. Your list, the instant interaction check, reminders, and one schedule build a month are free. Pro costs $12.99 a month or $59.99 a year and adds label scanning, unlimited schedule rebuilds, and the app's other AI features.
Keep reading
Related pages and free tools
Start your list in a few minutes
Add what you take and Tavita checks it as you go. Free on iPhone and Android, and there's no account to create.
Free to download on iPhone and Android
Tavita gives general health information. It isn't a medical device and doesn't diagnose, treat, or give dosage advice. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you start, stop, or combine medicines.