They create a pill that warns you if you already took your medicine

One of the main reasons why your treatment does not work is because you forget to take the medication, sometimes due to carelessness, but sometimes it could be due to the disease itself. For that, they have developed a pill that tells you if you have already taken your medicine.

The Abilify pill was initially approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002 for treat schizophrenia and the sensor technology was approved for marketing in 2012. The agency said in a statement Monday that the pill with digital technology "sends a message from your sensor to a device in a patch".

"Being able to track the ingestion of medications may be useful for some patients," Dr. Mitchell Mathis of the FDA said in a statement. "The FDA supports the development and use of new technology in prescription drugs and is committed to working with companies. to understand how that technology can benefit patients and prescribers. "

Abilify MyCite was created by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and the sensor was created by Proteus Digital Health.

The approval of the new digital version comes with warnings, however. Although the system tracks doses, has not been shown to improve patient compliance said the FDA.

Abilify MyCite should not be used to determine ingestion of the drug 'in real time' or during an emergency, because the detection could be delayed or not, "the statement said.

Patients can follow the doses on their cell phones and allow their doctors to access the information through a web portal.

The companies said the sensor "activates when it reaches the gastric juices in the stomach and communicates with the patch."

The FDA said the new Abilify is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and as an additional treatment for depression in adults.