Certain medical conditions such as epilepsy need to be treated with high doses of medicine, but many patients are unable to swallow large pills. 3D printing can address this problem by packing more medicine into each pill and by creating a pill structure that dissolves in a patient’s mouth with a single sip of water, so it does not need to be swallowed whole.
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