Swallowing Difficulties – help and advice for patients and healthcare professionals

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Identifying alternative formulations for those with swallowing difficulties

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Find out more about dysphagia and alternative medicines

What is Dysphagia?

Tablets

Being unable to swallow tablets and capsules can happen for a wide variety of reasons………..

Liquid Medicines

Liquid Medicines

Liquid medicines are commonly used in patients that have difficulty swallowing………….

Inhaler

Inhaler

An inhaler is a device used to deliver drugs to the body via the lungs for the treatment of diseases……………

Tablets

Tablets

Tablets are the most commonly prescribed dosage form for getting drugs into the body………….

Patch

Patch

Patches are a means of delivering certain drugs into the body through the skin………..

Granules/mini tabs

Granules, sometimes called mini-tablets, are terms used to describe very small tablets………..

Injections

An injection involves the administration of a medicine into tissues of the body, using a needle and syringe………..

Melts

Melts are solid medicines which have been designed to be absorbed through the tongue………..

Suppositories

Suppositories are solid medications that are usually administered through the rectum or vagina………..