diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index c781e36c6..74202e7b6 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -740,7 +740,8 @@
         "invalidRange": "Das Enddatum muss am oder nach dem Startdatum liegen."
       },
       "oneShot": {
-        "section": "Einmaldosis"
+        "section": "Einmaldosis",
+        "collapseWarning": "Einmaldosis aktiv — alle weiteren Pläne wurden auf den ersten zusammengeführt."
       },
       "legacyWindow": {
         "section": "Erinnerungsfenster (alt)",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index cc0d2ddc7..0fb78fa1a 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -740,7 +740,8 @@
         "invalidRange": "End date must be on or after the start date."
       },
       "oneShot": {
-        "section": "Single dose"
+        "section": "Single dose",
+        "collapseWarning": "Single dose enabled — every other schedule was merged into the first."
       },
       "legacyWindow": {
         "section": "Reminder window (legacy)",
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index dd2584254..1c8d81c3c 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -740,7 +740,8 @@
         "invalidRange": "End date must be on or after the start date."
       },
       "oneShot": {
-        "section": "Single dose"
+        "section": "Single dose",
+        "collapseWarning": "Single dose enabled — every other schedule was merged into the first."
       },
       "legacyWindow": {
         "section": "Reminder window (legacy)",
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index c218116a1..498bf2702 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -740,7 +740,8 @@
         "invalidRange": "End date must be on or after the start date."
       },
       "oneShot": {
-        "section": "Single dose"
+        "section": "Single dose",
+        "collapseWarning": "Single dose enabled — every other schedule was merged into the first."
       },
       "legacyWindow": {
         "section": "Reminder window (legacy)",
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index d9e1c5777..22bfe173c 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -740,7 +740,8 @@
         "invalidRange": "End date must be on or after the start date."
       },
       "oneShot": {
-        "section": "Single dose"
+        "section": "Single dose",
+        "collapseWarning": "Single dose enabled — every other schedule was merged into the first."
       },
       "legacyWindow": {
         "section": "Reminder window (legacy)",
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index 9617ff810..825378b9a 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -740,7 +740,8 @@
         "invalidRange": "End date must be on or after the start date."
       },
       "oneShot": {
-        "section": "Single dose"
+        "section": "Single dose",
+        "collapseWarning": "Single dose enabled — every other schedule was merged into the first."
       },
       "legacyWindow": {
         "section": "Reminder window (legacy)",
diff --git a/src/components/medications/medication-form.tsx b/src/components/medications/medication-form.tsx
index ce5f81350..502021f1a 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/medication-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/medication-form.tsx
@@ -70,10 +70,28 @@ import {
 } from "@/components/medications/scheduling/TimesOfDayChips";
 import { CourseWindowRow } from "@/components/medications/scheduling/CourseWindowRow";
 import {
+  type CadenceKind,
   type CadenceSubControls,
   type CadenceValue,
   DEFAULT_SUB_CONTROLS,
 } from "@/components/medications/scheduling/types";
+
+/**
+ * Cadence kinds the schedule-level picker exposes when the
+ * medication-level `oneShot` switch is off. `"oneShot"` lives on the
+ * medication-level switch above; surfacing it on the per-schedule
+ * picker would invite a contradictory shape (`oneShot = false` at the
+ * medication level + `cadence.kind = "oneShot"` on a schedule).
+ */
+const RECURRING_CADENCE_KINDS: readonly CadenceKind[] = [
+  "daily",
+  "weekdays",
+  "everyNWeeks",
+  "monthly",
+  "everyNMonths",
+  "yearly",
+  "rolling",
+];
 import {
   inferCadenceFromLegacy,
   legacyPairFromCadence,
@@ -860,9 +878,15 @@ export function MedicationForm({
             onCheckedChange={(checked) => {
               setOneShot(checked);
               if (checked) {
-                // One-shot ⇒ collapse to a single schedule with one
-                // timesOfDay entry and no cadence; the picker stays
-                // hidden under `!oneShot` below.
+                // Flipping into one-shot collapses to a single
+                // schedule with one timesOfDay entry. Warn the user
+                // when this would drop additional schedules so the
+                // collapse stops being a silent data loss.
+                if (schedules.length > 1) {
+                  toast.warning(
+                    t("medications.scheduling.oneShot.collapseWarning"),
+                  );
+                }
                 setSchedules((prev) => {
                   const head = prev[0] ?? { ...DEFAULT_SCHEDULE };
                   const singleTime =
@@ -998,6 +1022,7 @@ export function MedicationForm({
                 <CadencePicker
                   value={s.cadence}
                   subControls={s.cadenceSub}
+                  allowedKinds={RECURRING_CADENCE_KINDS}
                   onChange={(nextValue, nextSub) =>
                     patchSchedule(i, {
                       cadence: nextValue,