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Notes from the home medicine cabinet.

Practical guides, product updates, and stories from behind the scenes. Short, concrete, no health esoterica.

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Infographic: four ways to reach medicine information when you cannot read the small print. A magnifier, a file from the register, screen reading and a pharmacist.
medicine leaflet

Medicine Leaflet Too Small to Read? 4 Fixes

A phone cannot read a paper leaflet aloud. Four routes to the content when the print is too small: a magnifier, the official file, screen reading, a pharmacist.
Infographic: how heat affects medicines, which categories are most sensitive, and how to store your medicine cabinet in summer.
storing medicines

Storing Medicines in Hot Weather: A Summer Guide

Heat in a car, a beach bag or on a windowsill can damage your medicines. Learn how to store your medicine cabinet in summer and which types are most at risk.
ibuprofen and paracetamol together

Can you combine ibuprofen with paracetamol? What the official leaflets say

Ibuprofen and paracetamol together? We check what official leaflets and SmPC documents of medicines registered in Poland say β€” doses, contraindications, red flags.
medicines on a plane

Medicines on a plane: what can you carry in hand luggage? Rules for 2026

Can you take medicines on a plane? Rules for 2026 β€” liquids over 100 ml, e-prescriptions, certificates for psychotropic medicines, insulin and needles, plus a pre-flight checklist.
Infographic on managing your parents' medications in Poland from another country: a shared cloud medicine kit, the active ingredient as a common language across borders, and expiry dates and a shopping list visible from abroad
caring for parents from abroad

Managing parents' medications from abroad

Parents in Poland while you live abroad? See how to keep oversight of their medications from another country with a shared kit, expiry alerts and a refill list.
Infographic: from "there's probably some left" to a precise number β€” mojApteczka counts the pack, warns at a low-stock threshold and builds the pharmacy shopping list
low medicine stock

Running Out of Medication? Don't Get Caught Out

Running out of medication caught too late means a closed pharmacy. mojApteczka counts your supply, warns at a low-stock threshold and builds the shopping list.
A sheet of paper, an Excel sheet and an old app icon next to a phone with a medicine cabinet β€” an arrow shows the medicine list moving across by photographing the box.
medicine cabinet app

How to move your medicine list to an app

Medicines on paper, in Excel and in an old app? A step-by-step guide to moving your medicine list into one app on your phone β€” by photo, no file uploads.
A child's beach first-aid kit: waterproof plasters, sunscreen, saline, something to soothe bites, and a medicine list on a phone.
travel first-aid kit

Beach & Lake First-Aid Kit for Kids: What to Pack

Beach and lake first-aid kit for a child: waterproof plasters, SPF, grazes, stings, water in the ear and safety by the water and at the lake. A packing list.
Camping backpack with an unpacked first-aid kit: plasters, tick remover, repellent, antiseptic, SPF and a medicine list on a phone.
travel first-aid kit

First-aid kit for camping in the forest

First-aid kit for camping, the forest and the tent: what to pack for cuts, ticks, mosquitoes and sun when the pharmacy is far. A list you check offline too.
A medicine box and blister pack with the EXP, LOT, batch number fields and a spot for the opening date marked.
expiry date

EXP and LOT on Medicine Packaging: What They Mean

What do EXP and LOT mean on a medicine box? Learn how to read the expiry date, tell it apart from the batch number, and note the date you first opened it.