Health News Share Email Print Having trouble remembering your heart meds? Heart medicines—like cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure drugs—work best when you remember to take them like clockwork. If you're having trouble keeping track, try one or more of these tips. 6 ways to remember your heart medicines Take them at the same time each day. Make them part of a daily routine, like brushing your teeth. Use a pill organizer with sections for days of the week and times of day. Use a medicine calendar and check off each dose. Use a pill bottle cap with a built-in timer. Set an alarm on your smartphone or watch. If you've already had a heart attack, read about steps you can take to prevent a second one. Reviewed 4/19/2024 Sources American Heart Association. "Cholesterol Medications." https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/cholesterol/prevention-and-treatment-of-high-cholesterol-hyperlipidemia/cholesterol-medications. American Heart Association. "Taking Control of Your Medicines." https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/cardiac-rehab/managing-your-medicines/taking-control-of-your-medicines. American Heart Association. "Types of Heart Medication." https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-attack/treatment-of-a-heart-attack/cardiac-medications. NCQA. "Statin Therapy for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes (SPC/SPD)." https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/measures/statin-therapy-for-patients-with-cardiovascular-disease-and-diabetes/. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Events CPR Class i Providers Cardiology Family Medicine Internal Medicine Emergency Medicine i Services Cardiac Services In-Home Aide Program Cardiac Rehabilitation RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.