What is Compounding?
Compounding combines an ageless
art with the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art technology, allowing
specially trained professionals to prepare customized medications to meet each
patient’s specific needs. Compounding is fundamental to the profession of
pharmacy and was a standard means of providing prescription medications before
drugs began to be produced in mass quantities by pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The demand for professional compounding has increased as healthcare
professionals and patients realize that the limited number of strengths and
dosage forms that are commercially available do not meet the needs of many
patients, and that these patients often have a better response to a customized
dosage form that is "just what the doctor ordered".
Our compounding professionals
can prepare:
• unique
dosage forms containing the best dose of medication for each individual.
• medications
in dosage forms that are not commercially available, such as transdermal
• gels,
troches, "chewies", and lollipops.
• medications
free of problem-causing excipients such as dyes, sugar, lactose, or alcohol.
• combinations
of various compatible medications into a single dosage form for easier administration
and improved compliance.
• medications
that are not commercially available.
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