Solid oral dosage forms (SODFs)(often called pills by patients) are the default formulation to
treat medical ailments. Beneficial therapeutic outcomes rely on patients taking them as …

Oral drug administration provided as solid oral dosage forms (SODF) remains the major
route of drug therapy in primary and secondary care. There is clear evidence for a growing …

Purpose We assessed the prevalence of difficulties in swallowing solid oral dosage forms in
a general practice population. Reasons, nature, and characteristics of tablets and capsules …

To evaluate whether 2 techniques (the pop-bottle method for tablets and the lean-forward
technique for capsules) ease swallowing of tablets and capsules, we conducted a cross …

The Palliative Care Handbook 9th edition is a sought-after resource globally and now for the
first time this new edition includes extensive support for advanced dementia. A popular …

Psychiatry and palliative medicine attend patients who are mentally distressed and dying.
Neither condition is easily amenable to biomedical interventions. In palliative medicine it is a …

To evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) and tolerability profiles of a new tablet formulation of
tacrolimus and its interindividual variability (IIV) in the systemic exposure, and to compare …

Medication dysphagia (MD) refers to difficulty swallowing oral medications. To cope, patients
may inappropriately modify or skip medications, leading to poorer outcomes. Little is known …

Background Tablet and capsule forms have advantages and disadvantages in the market.
Generally, the tablet form (500 mg) of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is more convenient for …

In your September 2004 issue, Singh et al. examine a partnership between academic
psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry, concluding that benefits accrue to both sides. 1 …