A description reference will now be made in detail to preferred embodiments of the invention examples of two preferred embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying figures and described in detail below with reference to such figures and the numbers provided therein referring now to fig1 6 a first preferred embodiment of the invention will be described in further detail fig1 is a perspective view of a tablet dispenser 1 incorporating the tablet dispenser system of the present invention the tablet dispenser 1 comprises as a first component a substantially circular unidirectional rotatable knob 3 which is encircled with a notched skirt 9 comprising a plurality of notches 11 spaced substantially equally apart the rotatable knob 3 comprises a flat surface 2 and a cylindrical wall 4 a portion of the cylindrical wall 4 may be provided with ridges 94 in a knurling pattern for enhancing hand gripping of the rotatable knob 3 the rotatable knob 3 is mounted onto a second component which is base 5 comprising a substantially flat support 6 having a single tablet dispensing aperture 13 and a rising wall 8 extending from the periphery of the flat support 6 the rotatable knob 3 is attached to the flat support by engagement means around a third component which is a fixed center axis means 7 about which said rotatable knob 3 may be rotated in a circular fashion the fixed center axis means 7 has a flat top 14 and includes an optimal pointer shaped indicator 15 which aligns with an angular ledge 17 a current or initial tablet position 97 and a corresponding day of administration 12 imprinted on the flat surface 2 of the rotatable.