More and more individuals have difficulties swallowing medicine when it is given to them in the form of tablets or pills. Dysphagia is a problem that affects all age ranges although it is much more common in the very young and the very old. Dysphagia is a particularly serious issue in care homes for the elderly where approximately 1/3 of residents might suffer from it which makes looking after them a more difficult and time consuming process. Dysphagia consequences can be very serious as it can clearly interfere with medicine management and medication management proscribed by medical professionals when the affected person is unwilling or not able to take treatments in tablet form. Additionally there’s a chance that pills and tablets taken orally can cause a blockage of the throat or even a choking hazard. Tablets may also become caught in the throat which can lead to damage of the throat and also the drug not being effectively dispersed round the body. Up till now the most typical method of dealing with the difficulties that Dysphagia presents has been tablet crushing in order to make medicine easier to swallow. However even though tablet crushing may seem like the most obvious answer it could make a medicine taken using this method much less effective which can lead to problems for the patient. Some capsules are sugar coated to make them taste better and while crushing them may not alter the way the pill works it will make them taste very unpleasant. Tablets with an enteric coating must never be crushed before they’re used as the coating is made to keep the tablet together in the stomach to either; guard the stomach from the medicine, protect the medicine from the stomach or to release the medicine soon after it has left the stomach. Fortunately there is an alternative for those who suffer from Dysphagia and the people that care for them. There is currently a wider range than ever before of liquid medicines that can be used orally and have the exact same effect as pills or tablets. There are many of drugs that oral liquid medicine may be used to replace and the number keeps growing all the time. Liquid medicines are painless to swallow for those with Dysphagia and are available in a number of pleasant flavours.