A medication dispenser comprises:
a securable container configured to store one or more doses of one or more medications;
an access device configured to selectably permit access to the one or more doses of one or more medications;
an electronic interface configured to acquire user input from a user comprising an information about at least one patient symptom; and
a processor configured to perform the steps of:
comparing the information about at least one patient symptom to a database;
determining, responsive to the comparing the information about at least one patient symptom to a database, a specific medication from a plurality of different medications, and for the specific medication, determining, based on a correlation between the patient symptom and a patient's information, an appropriate dose from a range of the one or more doses of one or more medications, of the specific medication corresponding to the at least one patient symptom;
selecting the appropriate dose of the specific medication; and
permitting access through the access device to the appropriate dose.