What is compounding?
The pharmacy art of compounding is the method of preparing medications to meet the unique needs of prescribers and patients. Compounding pharmacists can play a major role in the health care setting because of their ability to help solve the most challenging patient problems.
For example, many patients are allergic to common fillers, dyes, binders, and other additives that are part of mass-produced medications. In addition, many medications are available only in limited strengths and dosage forms. Working with physicians, innovative compounding pharmacists are continually providing solutions to medication dosing problems, meeting patient needs, and providing improved quality of life.
How can compounding benefit you?
- Customized dosing - patient-specific and individualized to meet any dosing problems (varying strengths, sizes, and dosage forms)
- Dye-free, preservative free, and alcohol free formulations available
- Custom flavoring - helps make certain medications easier to administer (i.e. veterinary and pediatric flavoring)
- Provide for unavailable, unformulated, and discontinued items
- Increases the patient/doctor/pharmacist relationship
What dosage forms can be compounded?
- Capsules, sublingual troche, and lozenges
- Lipbalms, lollipops, and medicated gummi chewables
- Custom flavored, preservative-free, sugar-free, alcohol-free oral suspensions
- Topical creams, ointments, lotions, and transdermal gels
- Topical solutions and sprays
- Vaginal and rectal creams and suppositories
- (List not all-inclusive, other formulations available upon request)
What compounding opportunities are available?
- Dermatological preparations for skin disorders; psoriasis, eczema, bleaching, warts, and anti-fungals
- Bio-identical, hormone replacement therapy preparations; creams, capsules, and suppositories
- Ear transdermals for pets to avoid unpleasantness of oral medications
- Customized, flavored oral suspensions
- Ointments and suppositories for hemorrhoids and anal-fissures
- Compounded pain management formulas for syndromes such as, fibromyalgia, neuropathies, and chronic pain
- Dental compounding solutions; analgesics, antivirals, topical anesthetics, sedatives, dry-socket mixture, root canal paste, plaque removal solutions, oral rinses, bleaching gels, and anti-fungals
Specialty Compounding Prescription Information
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Information Guide (.pdf)
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Order Form (.pdf)
Pain Management Information Guide (.pdf)
Pain Management Order Form (.pdf)
Dermatology Information Guide (.pdf)
Dermatology Prescription Order Form (.pdf)
Veterinary Information Guide (.pdf)
Pediatric Information Guide (.pdf)
Related Studies and Literature
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy Risks and Benefits (.pdf)
Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions Trial (.pdf)
Trial of Estrogen Plus Progestin for Secondary Prevention (.pdf)
WHI Trial - Estrogen Alone (.pdf)
WHI Trial (.pdf)
