We All Hear: “Take Your Pills as Directed.” (I spoke on this topic and risks of polypharmacy at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association’s Annual Convention, New Orleans, in the virtual library). You do not want pills to hang out in these places, as the pills can start breaking down and causing injury to the lining of the pharynx and/or esophagus, not to mention the fact that the medication will not be absorbed and working for you.Ĭheck out my Pill Dysphagia Handout from #ASHA2022. Pills can get stuck in the natural pockets in the throat (pharynx) or in the food tube to the stomach (esophagus). ![]() Note: This scale from the same team who created the EAT-10 Scale, which helps people quantify the physical and emotional impact that difficulty eating and swallowing pills, foods, liquids has on their lives (Belafsky, et al., 2008).įor some people with dysphagia, swallowing pills can be even more challenging than swallowing foods and liquids. This research article discusses the validation of a rating scale called PILL-5, which is 5 questions to help people describe and quantify their severity of difficulty swallowing pills. See this Nativ-Zeltzer & colleagues 2019 open access article link for a great summary of pill dysphagia (difficulty swallowing pills).
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