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[Dysphagia] thickened liquids
My concern is the 2nd ingredient.
Vera Karger, M.S., CCCS
Monroe, CT
vkargerslp at mac.com
On Jun 5, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Lindsey Lorteau wrote:
> We have just sampled today a new brand of thickened liquids that our
> facility is going to be using from now on and I wondered if anyone
> else
> has had experience with them. They are called Carbotrol Nutrassist
> and
> come in the same flavours as our previous supply from
> Resource/Novartis.
>
> I'm curious if anyone is aware of what the ingredients might do if
> they
> happen to be aspirated though. The juices seem to have the same stuff
> as the Resource products but not the thickened water; it seems to have
> quite a few more. It is called Lemon Flavored with Electrolytes
> Hydrating Beverage and its ingredients are:
> water
> high frustose corn syrup
> modified food starch
> natural and artificial flavors
> salt
> sodium citrate
> potassium citrate
> tricalcium phosphate
> glycerol abietate
> gum arabic
> brominated vegetable oil
> ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)
>
> I don't tend to recommend that people drink thickened water alot; I
> prefer that they drink regular water but some people may be drinking
> this stuff anyway.
>
> Thoughts?
> Lindsey
>
> Lindsey J M Lorteau, MS, CCC-SLP
> Speech-Language Pathologist
> St Boniface General Hospital
> 409 Tach? Avenue
> Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
> T 204-237-2322
> F 204-235-3026
> llorteau at sbgh.mb.ca
>
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