Reye's syndrome

contents and then swallowed as a glass of water is drunk.4If swallowing is impaired, nasogastric administration of the capsule's contents is indeed an alternative, albeit less accurate.Rather than sublingual nifedipine being prescribed, it would be clearer and more accurate to prescribe nifedipine for oral administration, with additional instructions that the patient should bite the capsule before swallowing it while drinking a glass ofwater.