Medication Reminder Still Sometimes Come In, If Logged Early

[MikeMcCollister]

I have one medication reminder set for 9:00 pm. Most of the time, I take the medication around 30 minutes early and then log it as taken on my Apple Watch using the Medications app. About half the time I still get a notification at 9:00 pm for me to take the medication. When I open up the Health app on my iPhone, it shows that it was taken at the time that I logged it. This has happened ever since I started using the feature when watchOS 9.0 came out.

Has anyone else have this problem?

I am using an Apple Watch Series 5 running watchOS 9.3.1 paired to my iPhone 11 Pro running iOS 16.3.1.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Cosmicblip]

Yes, this happens to me almost every night, and sometimes at other times. I'm about ready to stop logging medications on my watch and just do it on the phone.

 

[MikeMcCollister]

Does anyone know if this is fixed in iOS 17 and Watch OS 10?

 

[bricktop_at]

I have one medication reminder set for 9:00 pm. Most of the time, I take the medication around 30 minutes early and then log it as taken on my Apple Watch using the Medications app. About half the time I still get a notification at 9:00 pm for me to take the medication. When I open up the Health app on my iPhone, it shows that it was taken at the time that I logged it. This has happened ever since I started using the feature when watchOS 9.0 came out.

Has anyone else have this problem?

I am using an Apple Watch Series 5 running watchOS 9.3.1 paired to my iPhone 11 Pro running iOS 16.3.1.

Thanks,

Mike

That happens when you „just“ log it instead of using the „Log as taken“ option…

 

[MikeMcCollister]

Curious. I'm pretty sure that I tap "log as taken" or "log all as taken" and I still get the reminder. I'll see what happens tonight.

 

[bricktop_at]

Curious. I'm pretty sure that I tap "log as taken" or "log all as taken" and I still get the reminder. I'll see what happens tonight.

I only talk about my own experience, as I also had this happen a couple of times… but I definitely just logged the medication instead of marking it as „taken“ and that explained it for me

 

[bricktop_at]

Plus, I forgot.. the reminder will still show up on the phone as long as the „taken“ medicine isn’t synced over from the Watch… that also has happened at times
Basically it‘s like any other health data that doesn’t show up in the app until the Watch and iPhone have synced up

 

[Al Rukh]

It happened to me a couple of times but I can’t remember if it is due to taking the meds earlier than scheduled.

 

[MikeMcCollister]

That is what is happening to me when I log the medications early.

 

[MikeMcCollister]

Since I upgraded to iOS 17 and watchOS 10, I have not seen this problem. It looks like it has been fixed.

 

[xraydoc]

Sorry for being late to the thread, but on watchOS 9, I had a similar problem. I would mark as taken on my watch when the notice came up, but whenever I picked up my phone later, it would still have the medication reminder as if I never marked it as taken.

I don't think this has occurred since on watchOS 10, either, but will continue to monitor.

 

[jeff.stein]

That happens when you „just“ log it instead of using the „Log as taken“ option…

I have one medication reminder set for 9:00 pm. Most of the time, I take the medication around 30 minutes early and then log it as taken on my Apple Watch using the Medications app. About half the time I still get a notification at 9:00 pm for me to take the medication. When I open up the Health app on my iPhone, it shows that it was taken at the time that I logged it. This has happened ever since I started using the feature when watchOS 9.0 came out.

Has anyone else have this problem?

I am using an Apple Watch Series 5 running watchOS 9.3.1 paired to my iPhone 11 Pro running iOS 16.3.1.

Thanks,

Mike

I had the same problem. I found out that if your iPhone is locked, then your medication notifications will show up on your Apple Watch. If your iPhone is unlocked, the medication notification with show up on your iPhone but not your Apple Watch.
I think Apple made a change to the redundancy of having notifications show up on both devices but failing to account for what users want and rely on.