Thankfully, I've always been pretty good about taking my birth control and other presciption medicines. But like most people, I have my forgetful days too and it's hard to sometimes get back on track. For those of us who have medicine that we need to take on a daily and timely basis, boy do I have great news for you! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently approved an ingestible chip that can be embedded into most of our medicines and track whether or not we've taken it.
Science never ceases to amaze me and with this new invention more people will definitely be more consistent in taking their medicines. This will especially be helpful for people with more complex medical conditions such as diabetes–which need to be tracked more attentively.
I definitely know many women on birth control who would be happy about this new device–as many of us are known to forget to take it regularly. This will also be helpful to men if and when their version of birth control is finally on the market (one can only wish!).
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In addition, people will be expected to wear a patch which links itself to the chip found in the medicine. The information gathered from this process is then recorded and sent to a computer at a doctor's office where they keep track of your heart rate, body's activity and more. The system will also remind people to set an alarm to remind then to take their meds.
Doctors have said that the product has worked very well on people they have tested it on, but naturally it has caused a stir amongst some because they percieve it as a way for the government to spy on us.
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I see this as a revolutionary change in the world of science and of medicine and approve of the new sensor. I'm sure it will benefit everyone's health and help many with medical conditions that need extra tending to.
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