Medicine of the future arrives on High Street

[Northerner]

'Intelligent' pills that will help patients and their doctors to keep track of their medication regimes, are to go on sale in the UK.
Lloyds Pharmacy has signed a deal with the U.S company Proteus Biomedical to sell medication tagged with edible sensors that are the size of a grain of rice.

The new Helius packs will contain blister packs of each of the customer's medications along with a red pill with an embedded sensor. These will include drugs for chronic heart conditions and diabetes.
The sensor, which is the size of a grain of sand, contains two materials 'found in the food chain' that provide power for around five minutes when they come into contact with stomach fluids.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ips-help-doctors-monitor-patients-health.html

 

[AlisonM]

Ooh, Big Brother is watching you!? If we're naughty and forget our pills, do we get called to Room 101? And, how much is this going to add to the cost of our meds?