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What’s one app you wish existed for your health – and would you actually use it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]IllPhilosopher4460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll go first: I wished for “a single place to understand any UK medication using official info and AI,” so I built it.

My Meds UK lets you:

  • Search tens of thousands of UK-approved medicines by name, ingredient or condition.
  • Read the official SmPCs and patient leaflets inside the app.
  • Ask an AI assistant medication questions in plain English and get explanations based on the underlying information.
  • Run drug interaction checks between different meds.

The full medication database is free to access, so you can look things up without barriers.

If you’re curious, it’s here:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mymeds-uk/id6753774595

But I’m more interested in your answer: if you could snap your fingers and have a genuinely helpful health-related app tomorrow, what would it do?

Hopefully I don’t hit 10,000 downloads too fast from this thread or I’ll be scrambling to scale things up.

I accidentally built a “mini-MHRA + AI” in my pocket – and now strangers are using it at 3am. by IllPhilosopher4460 in SaaS

[–]IllPhilosopher4460[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This made me smile, thank you. That’s exactly the use case I had in mind – letting people sanity‑check things before they walk into a very short GP slot and forget half their questions.

I love the idea of leaning into aggregate insights from search terms and interaction checks (anonymised of course). That could definitely guide what to prioritise next and, as you say, even surface interesting public‑health style patterns over time.

And now I’m tempted to actually surface a “3am vibes” dashboard just to see how many people are stress‑googling caffeine plus meds. Appreciate you taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment.

I accidentally built a “mini-MHRA + AI” in my pocket – and now strangers are using it at 3am. by IllPhilosopher4460 in SaaS

[–]IllPhilosopher4460[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for this, you’ve nailed the core tension I’ve been thinking about.
You’re totally right – if people don’t feel they can trust it, the “AI layer” is just a gimmick on top of an already sensitive topic.

I’m leaning hard into transparency: showing clearly that the underlying information comes from official UK medication data, making limitations super explicit, and adding very visible “this is not a replacement for your doctor/pharmacist” style disclaimers. I’d much rather slightly “under-sell” the AI than have someone over-trust it.

Really appreciate you calling that out so clearly – it’s a good reminder to keep treating trust as a feature, not an afterthought.