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More and more people have difficulties swallowing medicine when it is presented to them in the form of tablets or capsules. Dysphagia or swallowing difficulties can impact men and women spanning various ages including young children although it is most common in older people as they tend to be more susceptible to the causative illnesses and age associated changes in the functions of the saliva glands. Up to 1/3 of residents in care homes have problems with Dysphagia which makes taking care of their health and well-being a much more challenging job.

Dysphagia consequences can be quite serious as it can certainly interfere with treatments proscribed by medical professionals if the affected person is reluctant or unable to take treatments in capsule form. Furthermore there’s a danger that capsules ingested orally may cause choking or a blockage of the airway and there is also a danger that capsules can become lodged in the throat which might lead to the incorrect dispersal of the medicine to the body and also possible harm to the oesophagus.

Up till now the most widespread method of dealing with the issues that Dysphagia presents has been tablet crushing to make medication easier to swallow. However there are lots of issues associated with crushing tablets that can have significant implications and can have an effect on the efficacy of the medicine. A lot of tablets have a sugar coating on them to make them taste more pleasant and although crushing them will not have any kind of effect on the efficiacy of the pill it might make them taste very unpleasant. Tablets with an enteric coating must never be crushed before they are used as the coating is designed to keep the tablet together in the stomach to either; protect the stomach from the medicine, protect the medicine from the stomach or to release the medicine soon after it’s left the stomach.

Fortunately help is available for sufferers of Dysphagia and the people who take care of them. There is currently a larger range than ever before of liquid medicines that may be taken orally and have precisely the same effect as pills or capsules. Oral liquid medicine is made to deal with an array of illnesses and diseases like those affecting the cardio-vascular system and endocrine system and more liquid medicines are being produced all the time. Liquid medicines are effortless to swallow for those with Dysphagia and come in a number of enjoyable flavours.

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