How to build a StaQ

What a StaQ is

A StaQ is your regimen as one object: the medications and supplements you take, each with its own dose, schedule, and details. Setting one up is what turns StaQ from a notebook into a model — once an item has a dose and schedule, the app can draw its exposure curve, track steady state, and measure adherence.

Adding an item

1. On the StaQ tab, choose My StaQs (medications) or My Supplements, then Add drug. Pick from the built-in list, or use + Custom drug for anything not listed — custom entries are private to your account. For a custom item, set its half-life if you know it; leave it blank and StaQ shows dose events without a curve rather than guessing.
2. Set the form, unit, and amount — including vial and BAC-water details for items you reconstitute, so pen users and vial users both get accurate per-dose math.
3. Enter your Target Dose — the prescribed or intended dose. This drives your steady-state target and adherence numbers. Leave it blank and StaQ uses your most recent logged dose as the reference.
4. Set the Dosing Schedule: every-N-days, times per week, or times per day, plus a preferred time and an optional reminder day.
5. Optionally add Prescription Details — prescriber or telehealth clinic, refills remaining, start date — and a pharmacy and notes (lot number, expiry, brand). These flow into your provider report.
6. Toggle Show on Today screen if you want a one-tap log button for this item on Today, then Save Changes.

When your dose changes

Don't edit the dose in place — use Titrate. A titration records the change as part of your history, so your chart shows the old plateau, the transition, and the climb to the new one, and your days-to-steady-state countdown resets correctly. Editing in place would silently rewrite history; titrating preserves it.

Items you've stopped can be deactivated rather than deleted — the history stays in your record and in provider reports.