Patent ID: 7712288

Claim:
A method for reducing non-compliance of medication use, the method comprising: generating and storing an identifier for each dosage instance of a plurality of dosage instances that are associated with a specific patient; wherein the step of generating an identifier for each dosage instance includes generating a first identifier for a first dosage instance; wherein the identifier generated for each dosage instance of the plurality of dosage instances is unique relative to identifiers provided to the specific patient for any other dosage instance of the plurality of dosage instances; and wherein each dosage instance, of the plurality of dosage instances, corresponds to a specific period of time at which the specific patient is prescribed to take medications; wherein the specific patient is prescribed to take a plurality of medications at the first dosage instance of the plurality of dosage instances; wherein the medications for each dosage instance are contained in microspheres, granules, or pellets; wherein the microspheres, granules or pellets that contain the medications for each dosage instance include multiple subsets of microspheres, granules or pellets; wherein each subset is customized to contain a specific dosage of a specific medication for the specific patient; wherein all subsets for each dosage instance are for consumption during the specific period of time that corresponds to the dosage instance; creating a package that includes a mechanism for conveying the first identifier for the first dosage instance; placing in the package the microspheres, granules or pellets that contain the medications for the first dosage instance for the specific patient; wherein at least one of the subsets for said first dosage instance is designed for time release; and sealing the microspheres, granules or pellets that contain the medications for the first dosage instance for the specific patient within the package in a manner that prevents the first identifier from being perceived from the mechanism until the package is opened.