Acceptability of oral liquid pharmaceutical products in older adults: palatability and swallowability issues

Acceptability of oral liquid pharmaceutical products in older adults: palatability and swallowability issues

Abstract Background In institutional care, oral liquid pharmaceutical products are widely prescribed for older patients, especially for those with swallowing disorders. As medicines acceptability is a key factor for compliance in the older population, this study investigated the acceptability of ora...

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Main Authors: Emilie Belissa, Thibault Vallet, Sandra Laribe-Caget, Alain Chevallier, François-Xavier Chedhomme, Fattima Abdallah, Nathalie Bachalat, Sid-Ahmed Belbachir, Imad Boulaich, Vanessa Bloch, Anne Delahaye, Mathieu Depoisson, Amélie Dufaÿ Wojcicki, Stéphane Gibaud, Anne-Sophie Grancher, Caroline Guinot, Celia Lachuer, Laurent Lechowski, Patrick Leglise, Abdel Mahiou, Sylvie Meaume, Corinne Michel, Hugues Michelon, Yann Orven, Ines Perquy, Matthieu Piccoli, Maïté Rabus, Annie-Claude Ribemont, Jean-Paul Rwabihama, Jean-Hugues Trouvin, Fabrice Ruiz, Vincent Boudy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Medicine acceptability
Older population
Palatability
Swallowability
Oral liquids
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1337-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1337-2

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