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A controllable dispensing device for use by a drug therapist for the unsupervised administration to a patient of a drug therapy regimen. A field unit is loaded with a plurality of medication containers in a predetermined sequence. Along with the medication, a program of dosing times is stored in an

A controllable dispensing device for use by a drug therapist for the unsupervised administration to a patient of a drug therapy regimen. A field unit is loaded with a plurality of medication containers in a predetermined sequence. Along with the medication, a program of dosing times is stored in an electronic memory of the field unit. This program is defined using a computerized base unit and is transferred to the field unit via an interface between the base and field units. The field unit includes a display and alarm for altering the patient as to the times for dispensing and administering the medications in the containers. The field unit permits dispensing of containers only in accordance with the predefined schedule and records the actual times of container dispensing. Later, the field unit can be debriefed by the base unit via the interface and the base unit prepares a report of medication compliance for the drug therapist.

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A dispensing device comprising: a storage compartment for storing a plurality of cylindrical containers to be dispensed one at a time in predetermined order said containers being supported along a flexible strip such that said strip intersects said containers along a diameter and such that the minim

A dispensing device comprising: a storage compartment for storing a plurality of cylindrical containers to be dispensed one at a time in predetermined order said containers being supported along a flexible strip such that said strip intersects said containers along a diameter and such that the minimum spacing between said containers along said strip is substantially equal to one-third the circumference of a said container; means, upon an actuation thereof, for dispensing a container from said storage compartment regardless of the positional orientation of said dispensing device; means for storing a dispensing schedule specifying when a dispensing operation can be carried out by said dispensing means; means for modifying a schedule stored in said storing means in response to dispensing operations of said dispensing means; and means for inhibiting operation of said dispensing means other that at time specified by said schedule, as modified. A medication dispensing system, comprising: a base unit for defining a drug dispensing schedule according to which a field unit is to dispense drugs, debriefing the field unit after it has dispensed drugs, and providing a report on the information debriefed; and a field unit including means for receiving drugs to be dispensed, means for receiving and storing the dispensing schedule from said base unit, means for permitting drugs to be dispensed according to said schedule, means for recording actual times of drug dispensing, and means for transmitting the recorded information to said base unit.