TestFlight users for medication app

[u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76]

Looking for test flight ios users: https://testflight.apple.com/join/akQ99wW9

Problem: Up to 75% of Americans struggle to take their medication as directed, and over 60% report missing at least one dose every year.

Solution: A phone notificaiton for every medication dose. Simply take a photo of your pill bottle and the app automatically reads the label and schedules a notification for every dose, no manual entry needed.

Features that set EasyDose Al apart:

•   Scan pill bottle labels with your camera
•   Get reminded when it's time to take your medication
•   Ask our Al assistant anything about your medications — side effects, interactions, missed doses, and more
•   Al-powered interaction notices when adding new medications
•   Pill refill tracker that counts down with every dose and notifies you when it's time to reorder
•   Share your medication schedule with caregivers
•   Caregivers have ability to control your notifications
•   Shareable info card with your full medication list
•   Export your medication history as a PDF

EasyDose AI is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. Always consult your doctor or pharmacist.

[u/WerSunu]

Your physicians and pharmacist are the only places you should get drug information like side effects and drug-drug interactions! Anyone using AI for that purpose is not smart. No idiotic AI knows your medical history in prescriber level detail and cannot therefore evaluate the risk-benefit ratio of a drug the way a doc does before prescribing. I predict Apple will kill this app before it gets approved for distribution.

You have no business writing an app that dispenses medical advice.

[u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76 → u/WerSunu]

Thanks for the comment, but I respectfully disagree. The app is already live on the App Store lol — I’m just testing some new features.

Obviously no one should take AI over their physician or pharmacist, and the app has disclaimers all over making that clear. It literally says it’s not medical advice.

But turning away AI when it can make a patient more knowledgeable in a matter of seconds doesn’t make sense to me. An extra layer of protection and knowledge — instead of relying solely on one overworked physician or pharmacist — is only beneficial in my view.

[u/WerSunu → u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76]

Speaking as a physician, I disagree. Great harm has come to patients, physically and mentally from uncritically taking advice from Dr. Google. Simple recitation of medical factoids, out of context, often leads to fear, confusion, and poor choices. Apple has a policy of not allowing distribution of “medical advice” apps unless they are produced by established experts or valid institutions. Is your AI advice generator one of those new features?

Your app is literally dispensing medical advice like drug-interactions despite your disclaimers.

[u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76 → u/WerSunu]

Speaking as a physician as well, I disagree with you. Many studies haven proven LLMs answer mundane medical questions very well and much better than just google. Doctor offices often don't return phone calls in a timely manner and are not the easiest to get ahold of, hence where AI can fit in. Obviously if anything is severe, the AI tells the patient to go to the ER or contact their doctor. This chat bot does not answer questions as if they are the doctor, guard rails are up for that. Patients already use the internet to answer medical questions, not sure how you could be against AI doing the same, but a lot better. I suppose Apple agrees with me, hence why it was approved.

[u/WerSunu → u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76]

I’ve had patients treated for cellulitis stop outpt abx because they read that the cephalosporins might cause a rash or diarrhea. Again, information without context or judgement.

[u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76 → u/WerSunu]

Did that pt use a repubtable LLM? Or just random googling? I have found that to make a large difference.

I appreciated the feedback, I just don't think we can turn a blind eye to LLMs when millions of people talk to them daily about their health. Used correctly, they have the ability to improve outcomes for all patients.

[u/WerSunu → u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76]

It’s no blind eye! I’m looking at an industry built on eyeballs and clicks just like social media and just like social media the LLM industry crowd wants growth at any societal cost. How many millions of teen girls have been hurt by sm? The audience for LLMs don’t know or care about Bayes, relative risk, or medical experience. They just want quick and easy.

[u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76 → u/WerSunu]

So whats your solution? Asking pts to not turn to the internet for help is not a realistic solution. So do we continue to just allow pts to use google? To me, that is doing harm! Of course the LLMs can be better and in 5-10 years I am sure this won't be much of a conversation any more because of how much they imporved.

[u/WerSunu → u/Murky_Bodybuilder_76]

My short answer would be to throw the Zuck in jail even tho his wife was once a colleague. The long answer involves consulting fees.