A lot of patients receiving treatment have difficulties swallowing drugs. Dysphagia is most common in the old and the young. When we get older the characteristics of the saliva glands transform which can make it harder to take capsules and tablets. Dysphagia is a particularly severe problem in care homes for the elderly where approximately 1/3 of residents may well suffer from it which makes taking care of them a more difficult and time consuming process. The problems Dysphagia causes may be severe since it interferes with medicine management as well as medication management when the affected individual has got difficulties swallowing tablets. In addition there is a chance that pills and tablets taken by mouth can cause a blockage of the throat or a choking danger. There is also a risk that capsules can become lodged in the throat which might result in the incorrect dispersal of the medication to the body as well as possible harm to the oesophagus. The most frequent method of working with patients with Dysphagia is tablet crushing. Crushing tablets so they are easy to swallow may seem like an easy solution to the problem of Dysphagia however it can result in a number of serious implications and effect the potency of the tablet. Some pills are sugar covered to make them taste better and while crushing them might not alter the way the product works it will make them taste very unpleasant. A lot of the pills and tablets developed these days have an enteric coating that is designed to keep the pill together within the stomach. Tablets with an enteric coating must not be crushed because the covering is there either to guard the stomach from the medication or to guard the medication from the effects of the stomach . Fortunately help is available for sufferers of Dysphagia and also the people that care for them. The benefit of liquid medications when treating patients with Dysphagia is being recognised by the healthcare community and has resulted in calls for a bigger variety of liquid medicines to be created. Oral liquid medicine is made to deal with a wide range of ailments and diseases such as those impacting on the cardio-vascular system and endocrine system and many more liquid medicines are being developed everyday. Liquid medicines are easy to swallow for those with Dysphagia and are available in a variety of pleasant flavours.