The Medicine Shoppe, in McFarland, Wisconsin, now offers talking prescription bottles.  Script Talk Station is an audible prescription reader provided by En-Vision America.  A thin antenna and microchip embedded within the label are programmed with all the printed information and placed on the prescription.  Lightweight, portable, and easy to use, Scrip Talk works with any prescription, and it is available in multiple languages.

The Medicine Shoppe accepts all insurance plans and offers free delivery to Madison and surrounding suburbs. If you don’t have insurance, they offer a savings club option.

Medicine Shoppe hours are Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m..  For more information, call 608-838-5700.



New resource for sleep disorder

Lack of light perception can interfere with a blind person’s ability to sleep well and soundly.

The inability to perceive light causes a severe disruption of the 24-hour sleep-wake pattern, causing cyclical bouts of nighttime sleeplessness and excessive daytime fatigue and napping.

Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder, also known as “Non-24,” is a chronic sleep disorder that affects approximately 50% of people who are totally blind. Overall, about 65,000 people in the United States are estimated to suffer from this condition.

A new five-part article series on Non-24 is available in the Matilda Ziegler Magazine For the Blind and online here.

Medical journalist Lynne Lamberg, co-author of The Body Clock Guide, is the author of the series. The segments outline what Non-24 is and include various interviews of blind individuals who live with it. The series also addresses current treatments and ongoing research for remedies of this disorder.

Topics of the series:

Part 1: It’s not just insomnia

Part 2: How the body clock works

Part 3: The search for ways to reset inner clocks

Part 4: Developing new tactics for treatment

Part 5: Studies of melatonin-like medications underway