Large numbers of individuals have difficulties swallowing medicine when it’s offered to them in the form of tablets or capsules. Dysphagia or swallowing difficulties can impact people of all ages including youngsters although it is most usual in older people as they tend to be more prone to the causative diseases as well as age connected changes in the features of the saliva glands. Dysphagia is a particularly acute difficulty in care homes for the elderly where up to 1/3 of residents may suffer from it which makes taking care of them a far more difficult and time intensive process. Dysphagia consequences can be quite severe as it can clearly interfere with medicine management and medication management proscribed by medical professionals if the affected person is reluctant or unable to take medication in tablet form. In addition there is a risk that pills and tablets taken orally can cause a blockage of the throat or even a choking hazard. There is also a small chance that tablets can become stuck in the throat which can lead to the drug being incorrectly distributed round the body and can also damage the throat. Up till now the most typical way of managing the difficulties that Dysphagia presents has been tablet crushing to make medication less difficult to swallow. However there are lots of issues related to crushing tablets that may have severe implications and can have an effect on the effectiveness of the medicine. Quite a few tablets have a sugar coating on them to make them taste more enjoyable and although crushing them won’t have any kind of effect on the efficiacy of the pill it could make them taste really unpleasant. Pills with an enteric coating must never be crushed before they’re taken since the coating is designed to keep the pill together in the stomach to either; protect the stomach from the medicine, protect the medicine from the stomach or to release the medicine immediately after it has left the stomach. Luckily there is now an alternative solution for those who are afflicted by Dysphagia and also the people that care for them. There is currently a bigger 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 replace a number of medicines especially those used in the treatment of endocrine system and cardio-vascular system illnesses. Liquid medicines are easy to swallow for those with Dysphagia and come in a variety of pleasant flavors.