Dysphagia or swallowing problems is a problem that has an effect on millions of people both young and old. The condition can occur for several reasons and has an effect on people of nearly every age. Some cases are the result of the patient being very young. Other patients may be battling with an illness that stops them from swallowing anything easily or it might simply be the thought of swallowing a pill that’s unpalatable.
If you suffer from problems in swallowing or look after somebody that does there’s a solution to the problems it can cause. While at first glance it may seem that the solution is crushing tablets to ensure they are easier to take this is definitely not so. There are many reasons why pill crushing isn’t the answer to dysphagia.
One reason is many tablets are sugar coated to make them taste much more palatable. Crushing them removes this coating and will make them taste very unpleasant. Another reason is that some pills and tablets are created to have an enteric coating. The purpose of this is to keep the medicine together while it is in the stomach. This is either to defend the medication from the stomach or the stomach from the medicine. Finally other tablets have a modified release process. This is to release the medicine over longer period and reduce the total amount of medication that must be taken. Crushing pills will release all of the medicine at the same time.
Fortunately there is an answer to swallowing difficulties and dysphagia. Employing liquid formulation, liquid medication and liquid drugs has been shown to reduce the problems of dysphagia and also the medicine management problems it may cause. Liquid formulations are really easy to swallow and come in several tasty flavours. They are available as a replacement for a number of pills and tablets used to deal with a number of health problems.
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