Large numbers of individuals have difficulties swallowing medicine when it is presented to them in the form of tablets or capsules. Dysphagia or swallowing difficulties can impact men and women spanning various ages including young children although it is most frequent in older people because they are more vulnerable to the causative illnesses as well as age associated changes in the functions of the saliva glands. Up to 1/3 of occupants in care homes experience Dysphagia which makes taking care of their health and well being a much more difficult job. Dysphagia consequences can be quite severe as it can obviously interfere with medicine management and medication management proscribed by doctors if the affected person is reluctant or not able to take medication in pill form. Additionally there is a danger that pills and tablets taken by mouth may cause a blockage of the throat or even a choking hazard. Additionally there is a small chance that tablets can become stuck in the throat which can lead to the drug being improperly distributed around the body and may also cause damage to the throat. Up till now the most common way of dealing with the problems that Dysphagia presents has been tablet crushing in order to make treatments easier to swallow. However while tablet crushing might appear to be the most obvious answer it could make a medicine taken this way much less effective which can result in problems for the patient. Many tablets have a sugar coating on them to make them taste more pleasant and although crushing them won’t have any effect on the efficiancy of the pill it may make them taste really unpleasant. Pills that have an enteric coating should never be crushed before they’re taken as the coating is designed to keep the pill together within the stomach to either; protect the stomach from the medicine, protect the medicine from the stomach or to release the medicine soon after it has left the stomach. Fortunately help is readily available for individuals with Dysphagia and the people that care for them. There is currently a wider range than ever before of liquid medicines that may be used orally and have exactly the same effect as pills or capsules. There are numerous of drugs which oral liquid medicine may be used to replace and the quantity keeps growing all the time. Liquid medicines are easy to swallow for those with Dysphagia and are available in a variety of pleasant flavours.