The scoop-less alternative
Tins of “Clear” powdered thickener and a scoop — that’s how drinks for people with dysphagia have been made for as long as we can remember. It works…up to a point.
But the truth is, that scoop is stressful to use and inaccurate. One scoop heaped, one scoop level. A drink that was sometimes too thin, frequently over thickened and very often left unfinished.
Everyone has had to put up with it because there wasn’t another way.
The problem is, that “this way” became normal. And normal meant residents and patients being under-hydrated, patients refusing drinks, and clinicians unsure whether a prescribed IDDSI Level had really been met.
It’s like something from the dark ages.
Slõ Syrup isn’t a powder at all — and it’s scoop-less.
It’s a liquid drinks thickener in a bottle with a precise pump. One press makes a drink to Level 1. Two presses for Level 2. Three for Level 3. That’s it.
No having to dig for the scoop in the tin. No guesswork. No apologising to a patient because their “juice” looks like wallpaper paste.
And because Slõ Syrup has no flavour, the drink you make — whether it’s water, juice, tea, coffee, or something fizzy — tastes like the original your patients crave. Which means it’s more likely to be finished.
Now the fastest way to thicken a drink is with a pump. In other words: go Slõ.
We can’t pretend tins of thickener didn’t help
They did when there was nothing else. But today, with hydration and safety under constant scrutiny, you, your patients and carers deserve dysphagia-friendly drinks.
They should always be safer to swallow, easier to prepare and enjoyable to drink.
Slõ Syrup does all three and it available in 1 litre bottles and 200ml trial bottles for doctors to prescribe via their E-Patient systems and for hospital pharmacies to order for their wards via Alliance Healthcare.
A Slõ future
Looking at rotary phones, floppy disks, and dial-up internet now – they look like they are from the dark ages. “Clear” thickening powders do too now Slõ Syrup is available.
If you’d like to see for yourself, ask us for a free trial bottle: samples@slodrinks.com or if you want to start prescribing it you can download a Prescription Request Form from www.slodrinks.com/clinicians-library
