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If you suffer from swallowing difficulties would like to find out if there are alternatives to the medication you have been prescribed, simply type the name of the drug you have been prescribed into the search box below and click on one of the links that will be displayed.

Different Coatings

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Tablets can either be 'sugar coated', 'film coated', 'enteric coated' or coated to modify how the drug is released into the body. Each of these coatings are there for different reasons and it is important to understand these reasons before deciding whether it is safe or appropriate to crush such tablets.

Each page explains why the coat may be on the tablet and what it may mean if you choose to break it either by crushing or placing in water to dissolve before swallowing.