Dysphagia ( swallowing difficulty) is a common issue for patients of nearly every age and their carers. There can be a variety of underlying reasons for the problem. Some individuals suffer from dry mouth and find swallowing anything hard. For other individuals the nature of their health issues can cause swallowing difficulties and some patients are simply too young to swallow pills and tablets in a solid form.

If you suffer from difficulty in swallowing or care for someone who does there is a solution to the problems it may cause. While initially it may seem that the solution is crushing tablets to make them easier to take it is definitely not so. Although pill crushing may seem like a good idea there are several reasons why it isn’t.

One of the reasons is that some pills use a sugar coating which helps to make them taste much better. When these kinds of tablets are crushed the coating is removed which makes them taste incredibly unpleasant. Next some tablets have an enteric coating which is designed to hold them together inside the stomach. This is either to protect the medication from the stomach or the stomach from the medicine. Lastly if a pill is made to have a modified release system crushing it can cause all of the medicine to be released at the same time instead of over a longer time period.

There is however an effective solution to the difficulties of dysphagia and the swallowing problems it may cause. The employment of liquid medicine, liquid drugs and liquid formulation can help to eliminate the problems caused by dsyhpagia and boost medication management. Liquid formulations are easy to swallow and come in a number of tasty flavours. They are available as an alternative for a variety of pills and tablets used to deal with a number of illnesses.

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