# Adding, editing, and discontinuing a client's medications

> How managers add a scheduled or PRN medication on the Client 360 Medications tab, edit the details, and discontinue a med while keeping it for audit.

Canonical: https://enmantle.com/help/manage-client-medications · Section: Medications (eMAR) · Updated: 2026-09-02

A client's medication list lives on their profile, under the `Medications` tab. That list is what feeds the [Med Pass grid](/help/passing-meds-med-pass) your DSPs work from, so getting it right here is what makes med passes accurate everywhere else.

Managing medications is for `SUPER_ADMIN`, `ADMIN`, `DIRECTOR`, and `MANAGER` roles. DSPs can record doses but can't add, edit, or discontinue a med. If you don't see the `Medications` tab at all, the module may still be off — an admin can [turn on eMAR](/help/turn-on-medications-emar) first.

## Add a medication

1. Open the client's [Client 360](/help/client-360) profile and go to the `Medications` tab.
2. Under `Active medications`, click `Add medication`.
3. Fill in `Name *` (required). Add `Strength`, `Prescriber`, `Form`, `Route`, `Pharmacy`, `Rx #`, and `Instructions (sig, optional)` as you have them.
4. Set a `Start date *`, and an `End date (optional)` if the med is meant to stop on a known day.
5. Click `Add medication` to save.

## Scheduled or PRN

Every med is either given on a schedule or given only as needed. The `PRN (as needed)` toggle decides which.

**Scheduled** (toggle off) — the med appears on the Med Pass grid at set times each day.

1. Add one or more `Times *` rows with `Add time`. A scheduled med needs at least one time.
2. Optionally set `Days of week`. Leave it empty and the med is due every day.

**PRN** (toggle on) — "Given only when indicated, not on a fixed schedule."

1. Turn on `PRN (as needed)`.
2. Enter a `PRN indication *` — the reason it's given, like "for pain" or "for anxiety." This is required and shows to staff when they record it.

> Times are Eastern wall-clock. A dose set for `8:00 AM` means 8:00 Eastern, every scheduled day.

## The controlled-substance flag

Turn on `Controlled substance` to mark a med. This adds a badge so staff can see it at a glance, and it puts the med on the count sheet: controlled meds now support witnessed [controlled-substance counts](/help/medication-counts) — shift-change counts, received supply, and waste, each co-signed by a second staff member. Turning the flag on is what makes a med countable.

## Edit a medication

Reopen a med from the `Active medications` list to change its details — a new strength, an added time, a corrected prescriber. Edits update what staff see on the next med pass. Anything already recorded stays as it was recorded; editing the med doesn't rewrite past doses on the [MAR](/help/prn-refusals-and-the-mar).

## Discontinue a medication

When a med stops for good, discontinue it — don't delete it.

1. On the `Medications` tab, find the med and click `Discontinue`.
2. Enter a `Reason *`. This is required.

The med moves to `Discontinued history`, which keeps the Name/Strength, the date it was `Discontinued`, who did it (`By`), and the `Reason`. It stops appearing on new med passes and shows as "(DC)" on the MAR. Nothing is ever hard-deleted from the UI — discontinuing is permanent but fully preserved for audit.

When the list is set, your DSPs are ready to [pass meds on the Med Pass grid](/help/passing-meds-med-pass).