Repeat Prescriptions · AustraliaTrack Every Repeat Prescription — Before It Runs Out
"How many repeats do I have left?" shouldn't be a question you answer at the pharmacy counter. MediRemind records the repeats on every prescription — eScript or paper — counts them down as you dispense, and reminds you before the last one so there's time to see your GP.
eScripts and paper scripts · Family profiles · Available on iPhone and Android
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How repeat prescriptions work in Australia
When your doctor writes a prescription with repeats, you're authorised for the original dispensing plus a set number of further supplies. All of them have to be collected while the prescription is still valid — for standard prescriptions, generally 12 months from the date it was written. Repeats don't extend a script's life: when the prescription expires, any unused repeats expire with it.
Schedule 8 medicines and some other restricted medications have shorter validity and stricter rules, which vary by state. If you're on one of these, your window for using repeats is tighter — confirm the specifics with your pharmacist.
With electronic prescriptions, each dispensing generates a new token for the next repeat: the pharmacy sends it by SMS or email after they dispense. That means the token you used last month is not the token you'll use next month — a detail that catches many people out when they go looking through old messages. MediRemind keeps the current token with the medication record, so the right code is always the one on screen.
With paper prescriptions, the pharmacy handles the repeat authorisation paperwork and you keep track of how many supplies remain. Recording that count in MediRemind — and updating it each time you dispense — turns a mental note into a number you can check.
Track repeats, expiry dates and running-low alerts for every prescription in your family.
What MediRemind tracks for every prescription
Six things that tell you exactly where each prescription stands.
Recorded when you add the script, counted down as you dispense. Always know where you stand without calling the pharmacy.
With reminders before it passes, because repeats die with the script. No more discovering an expired prescription at the pharmacy counter.
Based on your recorded supply and repeat count, before the last repeat is used — not after. Set the threshold that works for your dispensing rhythm.
A reminder far enough ahead of expiry or the final repeat to actually get an appointment, not the day after you run out.
Always the latest one, stored with the medication record. No more scrolling through old SMS messages for the right code.
Separate profiles for up to five family members on the Family plan. Each person's repeats, reminders and scripts stay under their own profile.
The PBS angle
PBS rules govern how early a repeat can be dispensed and how dispensings count toward the PBS Safety Net. The practical takeaway for tracking: collecting repeats very early can affect Safety Net counting, and leaving them too late risks the script expiring first. Your pharmacist can advise on your specific medications — MediRemind's job is making sure you know where every script stands so those conversations happen before the deadline, not after.
Managing repeats for more than one person
Repeat tracking gets genuinely hard when it's plural: your own two medications, a partner's one, a parent's four. Each has its own count, its own expiry, its own rhythm. MediRemind keeps each person's prescriptions, repeats and reminders under their own profile, so "who's running low?" has an answer you can see, not one you have to reconstruct from memory and old SMS messages.
Set up in minutes
Download MediRemind and start the 30-day free trial.
Add each medication with its script — eScript token or photographed paper prescription.
Record the remaining repeats and the expiry date shown on the script.
Set your reminders — doses, running-low, expiry, and GP appointment lead time.
Update the count when you dispense; for eScripts, add the new token when the pharmacy sends it.
MediRemind was developed in Perth for Australian prescriptions, eScripts and families — by Ovara Tech (ABN 43 324 331 038).
Know exactly how many repeats you have left. Track counts, expiry dates and running-low alerts for every prescription in your family.
eScripts and paper scripts · Up to five family profiles · iPhone and Android
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Frequently Asked Questions
Record the repeat count when you add a prescription to MediRemind and update it each time the medication is dispensed. The app shows the current count per medication and per family member, and can remind you when the recorded count is running low.
Yes. All repeats must be used while the prescription itself is valid — generally 12 months from the date written for standard prescriptions, shorter for Schedule 8 and some other medicines. When the script expires, unused repeats expire with it. MediRemind reminds you before a recorded expiry date so repeats don't go to waste.
That's how eScript repeats work: each dispensing generates a new token for the next supply. The new token replaces the old one. MediRemind keeps the current token with the medication record so you're never scrolling through old messages for the right code.
Before the final repeat is dispensed or the script expires — whichever comes first. MediRemind lets you set a reminder with enough lead time to book an appointment, based on your recorded repeats and expiry date.
Yes. Photograph the paper script, record its remaining repeats and expiry date, and update the count as you dispense — same tracking as an eScript, under the right family member's profile.
Yes. The Family plan supports up to five profiles on one device, each with its own medications, scripts, repeat counts and reminders.
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MediRemind is a medication and prescription organisation app. It records the repeat counts and expiry dates you enter or import and reminds you around them; it does not issue prescriptions or make dispensing decisions. Confirm prescription validity and PBS questions with your pharmacist or prescriber.