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Contraindications
The InPower™ Personal Medication Assistant is contraindicated for patients who have been diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s disease, other dementia or cognitive limitations that prevent them from properly using
the device and following instructions from a licensed health care professional. The InPower™ Personal
Medication Assistant also is contraindicated for patients who reside in skilled nursing facilities or in
situations where they do not independently take medications (i.e., a caregiver gives medication to a patient).
The InPower™ Personal Medication Assistant must not be used to dispense medications that are not in solid
oral dosage form and prescription pain medications that have a high potential for abuse (i.e., medications
regulated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as C-II such as hydrocodone, morphine and
oxycodone). Patients who transfer medications from one pharmacy to another must ensure that the
prescriber and dispensers at both pharmacies are aware of the transfer to minimize any disruption in using
the InPower™ Personal Medication Assistant.
The InPower™ Personal Medication Assistant should only be used to dispense solid, oral medications.
It should not be used to dispense the following types of medications:
• Controlled substances (a drug or chemical whose manufacture, possession, or use is regulated
by a government, such as illicitly used drugs or prescription medications that are designated as
controlled
drugs)
• Those that must be stored in their original packaging
• Extremely low weight pills that cannot be accurately weighed by the device
• PRN (pro re nata) (take as needed)
• Topicals, injectables, liquids, suppositories
• Inhalers, sprays
• Hygroscopic (attracts and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment)
• Pills to be cut
• Emergency drugs (e.g., nitroglycerin)
• Those with complex dosing schedules