About The Website

The website is designed to help patients, carers and healthcare professionals to make more informed decisions when taking, administering or prescribing medicines for patients with swallowing difficulties.  

Tablets and capsules are the most commonly prescribed forms of medicines because they are relatively cheap to manufacturer, convenient for the patient and in most cases easy to swallow.  A proportion of the population have difficulties swallowing tablets or capsules either because they just don't like taking them or because their medical condition makes it difficult for them.  In such instances it may be difficult to find out what alternatives are available or whether it is appropriate to crush their medication.  

This website provides a comprehensive list of alternative formulations of medicines e.g. liquids, dispersible medicines, patches, suppositories etc.  Furthermore it shows what coatings may be found on certain tablets and capsules and therefore provide some indication as to whether tablet crushing or capsule opening may be appropriate.  

In addition to this the website provides some educational information, access to some training materials for care home staff and a discussion forum to enable patients, carers and healthcare professionals to exchange ideas.

If you have any comments on how the website could be improved then please use the discussion forum provided.

The cost of running the website is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Rosemont Pharmaceuticals.