25. January 2016
More than 50 percent of people (young and old) have difficulties with the use of tablets and capsules. Difficulty swallowing, psychological barriers against such formats or taste aversions make it hard for the patients to take the prescribed medication reliably. This is why tablets are crushed, dissolved or otherwise altered. Mostly with the result that active ingredients are lost and the dosing quantity is no longer accurate. XStraw® enables the simple and intuitive intake of the exact dosing...
05. March 2015
The XStraw, a new product from the company Dose Sipping Technology (DS Technology), makes taking medicine much more pleasant for children and the elderly. Many children pull a disgusted face when they have to take bitter-tasting medicine and elderly people who have trouble swallowing can find taking oral medicine a challenge. The XStraw drinking straw makes medicine taste much better. http://www.epmmagazine.com/technology/drinking-straw-avoids-need-to-swallow-bitter-pills/