Abstract: An alarm device which will remind the user to take individually packaged medicaments such as contraceptive pills at the correct time. The device has a support for the package and individually depressible buttons, each aligned with one individual compartment of the packet. In this way depression of a button will get an individually packed pill. Timer means are provided for monitoring the time lapsed after any button has been depressed and means link the button to the timer means so that depression of any one button will re-start the timer means. An audible alarm is provided which sounds when the timer means reach a preselected time.