I have mainly been working on children’s medicines but sometimes I look at other aspects. Issues in swallowing are not limited to children and up to 40% of adults have difficulty in swallowing their tablets. We did some research to find out whether coatings that are designed to be slippery can help in swallowing tablets and the results are now available here.

In summary – we found that YES! the coating applied can make a tablet easier to swallow where you need less water and it takes less time to swallow. Hopefully the same technologies can be applied for tablets for all populations to make medicines easier to take.