Dysphagia ( swallowing problems) is an issue for many patients plus the people who take care of them. There are various causes and explanations for dysphagia. Some individuals suffer from dry mouth and find taking anything hard. For other patients the nature of their health issues can cause swallowing problems and some patients are just too young to take pills and tablets in a solid form.

Whatever the reason for difficulties swallowing there’s a solution to the issue. While initially it may appear that the solution is crushing pills to ensure they are easier to take it is definitely not so. There are many reasons why pill crushing is not the answer to dysphagia.

One reason is many tablets are sugar covered to make them taste more palatable. Crushing pills with a sugar coating will get rid of the coating and make them taste very unpleasant to say the least. Another reason is that some capsules and tablets are created to have an enteric coating. The purpose of this is to keep the medication together while it is inside the stomach. This is either to protect the medicine from the stomach or the stomach from the medicine. Finally if a tablet is made to have a modified release system crushing it can cause all of the medication to be released at once as opposed to over a longer period of time.

Fortunately there’s a solution to the problem of dysphagia and the swallowing difficulty it may cause. The use of liquid medicine, liquid drugs and liquid formulation can reduce the problems caused by dsyhpagia and boost medication management. 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 many health problems.

Rosemont Pharma make a range of both licensed and unlicensed medicines and are among the leading specials manufacturers in the UK.