"David Warden, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2008, created an application called i-Inject that allows fellow patients to manage details of their healthcare. The US$14.95 application provides a place for users to track their rotation of injection sites, set medication reminders and run various reports regarding their medication inventories and use."

For all of the hype over gaming and productivity, people tend to overlook the serious benefits the iPhone provides battlers of diseases. Let me show you how helpful an app can be.

The Juice

"By using your iPhone or iPod touch, you don't have to organize and carry paper journals. You can track your injections and oral meds and even e-mail records to your doctor, all on a device you already use every day," David says. The application helps the user log the times and dates of drug administrations, reactions to medications and how many doses the patient has left in their inventory."

The Pulp

I've had MS for a little over twenty years now. I appreciate that everyone develops their tracking methods but I'm afraid that these came up short for me in several areas.

On the positive side, I really like david's model for tracking injection sites, a very important aspect of using MS medications. However, I felt that the rest of the program needed to be thought out some more.

For instance, once I have all of my various medications entered, I would like to have the ability to send them to my doctor as a list via email. Also, I think that it would be helpful to be able to set a global tone to alert the user to check their refill reminders.

The Rind

The main thing that I would like to see changed is the font color of saved information. Light gray against a light lime background makes it very hard to read your information.

Summary

As I mentioned at the top of this review, people over look the power the iPhone possesses for people with medical conditions. It can make their medication regimens manageable and let them return to focusing on living their lives.

While I feel that i-Inject will be a very valuable assistant for MS patients, I feel that it still has a few bugs that need to be addressed. Once ironed out, I could see i-Inject used as often as my copy of Tweetie 2.

I think "Bones" would approve.

Macsimum rating : 7 of 10

©2010 Frank Petrie