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Therapeutic Update
Swallowing safety of oral liquid medications
Liquid medications are designed to provide an 鈥榚asy to swallow鈥� alternative to solid medication dosage forms and have added benefits of rapid absorption. However, for people with dysphagia, which affects …
Novel drug delivery systems: a short overview
Drug delivery science is constantly changing healthcare. In many cases these changes are minor and iterative. Every so often, however, we are faced with a paradigm shift that necessitates a …
Medication management for older persons
With more than 50% of all hospital admissions being for people aged 65 and older, understanding age-related functional, cognitive and social factor changes and their impact on medication use is …