Information for Pharmacists

Support and information for Pharmacists

Rosemont understands that pharmacists have a vital role in helping to manage patients suffering from swallowing difficulties and dysphagia. Pharmacists are key to the multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses and SALTs, in supporting the patient for desired healthcare outcomes.

Dysphagia can affect the patient’s ability to take solid oral dosage forms, which could compromise medicine adherence and therapeutic outcomes.^[1]

It is important that pharmacists are able to identify patients with dysphagia and difficulties swallowing and advise them about medicine administration, as well as suggest alternative formats where appropriate.

Guidelines recommend that pharmacists and other healthcare professionals should proactively ask patients if they have difficulties swallowing tablets or capsules. Pharmacists should assess the suitability of medication formulations for individual patients with dysphagia and report swallowing difficulties to the prescriber. ^[2]

Therapeutic efficacy depends on the patient’s ability to take their medication as prescribed. 10-40% of adults have reportedly experienced difficulty swallowing solid dose forms. ^{[3] [4]}

A pharmacist is often challenged to ensure that patients adhere to prescribed medication regimen. It is therefore important for pharmacists to be aware of alternative forms of medicine, which might be better suited to the requirements of patients with swallowing difficulty.

Alternative medicines formats such as oral liquids, can offer value for patient groups such as geriatrics, paediatrics and patients with other co-morbidities.

We’re committed to supporting the pharmacist community and are dedicated to bringing more licensed oral liquid medicine to the market, to support both healthcare professionals and the patients that they care for.

ROS000057-012 November 2025