Editorial policy

What standards apply to every article on this site, and how we keep them honest.

What we write about

Medication adherence, caregiving for adults on long-term medications, specific real-life situations (shift work, travel, ADHD, antibiotics, contraception), and using iPhone-native tools for medication management. We do not write about specific drugs, doses, or therapeutic effects. We write about behaviour, routines, and the tools people use day to day.

Sources we use

For any clinical statement we cite a primary or near-primary source. Acceptable sources, in approximate order of preference:

Peer-reviewed journals and Cochrane systematic reviews.
Government public-health bodies — CDC, NIH, NHS, WHO.
National pharmacist associations and royal colleges.
Apple’s official iOS documentation, for setup steps.

We do not use WebMD, Healthline, vendor blogs, or Wikipedia as primary sources. They are useful starting points; they are not citations.

How a post is written

A topic is chosen based on real questions people ask, real search demand, or a gap in the existing literature we can fill honestly.
Primary sources are gathered first and read in full before drafting.
The draft is written, including TL;DR, body, and FAQ. Citations are inline.
The draft is reviewed by a second person on the team for tone, accuracy, and YMYL compliance — therapeutic claims are removed, uncertainty is preserved.
Publication. The post is added to the sitemap, RSS, and JSON Feed automatically.

Update cycle

Every post is reviewed at least once a year. Posts that cite time-sensitive statistics, prevalence numbers, or specific app versions are reviewed twice a year. When content changes meaningfully, the Updated date at the top of the post is bumped and the change is reflected in dateModifiedof the post’s schema. Cosmetic edits (typos, link fixes) do not count as updates.

What we don’t do

Make therapeutic claims, recommend specific drugs, or suggest doses.
Accept payment for placements, sponsored content, or affiliate links in editorial articles.
Use AI-generated faces, fake author personas, or invented credentials. The author of every editorial post is the Pill Reminder Kit editorial team.
Write about a competitor we haven’t personally tested.

Conflict of interest

Pill Reminder Kit makes a medication reminder app. We sometimes recommend it. We disclose this in every post via the medical disclaimer footer and the App Store call-to-action. When we compare ourselves to competitors we say where they do something better than we do — comparisons that read like marketing material are not credible and we don’t pretend otherwise.

Reporting an error

Email hello@pillreminderkit.app with the URL and what’s wrong. We respond within a few business days. Corrections are made inline and the Updated date is bumped.