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# Add New Medication to Client

**Audience:** Super Admin, Admin, Supervisor, Clinician\
**Page type:** Task guide\
**Status:** Draft\
**Owner:** Compassly Documentation Team\
**Last verified:** 2026-04-03

## Purpose

Use this workflow to create a client-only medication directly on the selected client.

## Before you start

* The client must be active.
* The **Medications** page must be on **In progress**.

## Important

* This workflow creates a client-level medication only.
* It does not add a record to the Medication Library.
* The medication name is entered as free text.

## Steps

1. Open the client’s **Medications** page.
2. Confirm the status dropdown is set to **In progress**.
3. Open the **Add new** menu and select **Add new medication**.
4. Enter the medication information.
5. Complete the medication guidelines, including frequency, time group, dates, and quantity.
6. Click **Apply**.

## Role differences

* **Super Admin / Admin / Supervisor / Clinician:** Can add a new medication to a client.
* **Basic:** Cannot add a new medication to a client.

## What happens next

* The medication appears on the client’s **In progress** list.
* Open **Medication log** when you need to review or update the logs for that medication.

## Related guides

* [Assign Medication to Client](/compassly-docs/core-modules/clients/medications/assign-medication-to-client.md)
* [View Client Medications](/compassly-docs/core-modules/clients/medications/view-client-medications.md)


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