A<unk>  is a mixture of active substances and excipients, usually in powder form, pressed or compacted into a solid. The excipients include binders, glidants (flow aids) and lubricants to ensure efficient<unk> ting; disintegrants to ensure that the<unk>  breaks up in the digestive tract; sweetners or flavours to mask the taste of bad-tasting active ingredients; and pigments to make uncoated<unk> s visually attractive. A coating may be applied to hide the taste of the<unk> 's components, to make the<unk>  smoother and easier to swallow, and to make it more resistant to the environment, extending its shelf life.
Medicines to be taken orally are very often supplied in<unk>  form; indeed the word<unk>  without qualification would be taken to refer to a medicinal<unk> . Medicinal<unk> s and capsules are often called pills. Other products are manufactured in the form of<unk> s which are designed to dissolve or disintegrate; e.g. cleaning and deodorizing products.
Medicinal<unk> s are usually intended to be swallowed, and are of a suitable size and shape.<unk> s for other purposes, e.g., effervescent medicinal<unk> s and non-medicinal<unk> s, may be larger.
Medicinal<unk> s were originally made in the shape of a disk of whatever color their components determined, but are now made in many shapes and colors to help users to distinguish between different medicines that they take.<unk> s are often stamped with symbols, letters, and numbers, which enable them to be identified. Sizes of<unk> s to be swallowed range from a few millimeters to about a centimeter. Some<unk> s are in the shape of capsules, and are called "caplets".
When Tylenol capsules were laced with cyanide (an incident referred to as the Tylenol scare), many people stopped buying capsules because they are easy to contaminate, in favor of<unk> s, which are not.  Some makers of over-the-counter drugs responded by starting to make what they termed "caplets", which were actually just<unk> s made in the shape of a capsule.<unk> s are often scored to allow them to be easily broken into equal halves for smaller doses.
Some people have difficulty swallowing<unk> s, this is called dysphagia. This is often caused by a gag reflex.
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