Abstract:BackgroundDysphagia is usually caused by stroke, dementia, ageing or progressive conditions. Manipulations of solid drugs occur frequently in these patients, which may alter bioavailability, efficacy and/or side-effect profile of drugs, leading to medicine administration errors (MAEs).PurposeThe aim of this study was to analyse the drugs most frequently prescribed requiring manipulation in patients with swallowing difficulties, and of these, those which are not suitable for use in this manner (enteric coats, s… Show more
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