Compounding

The Art and Science of Individualized Pharmaceutical Care

Working with your practitioner, a compounding pharmacist can customize nearly any prescription medication to suit your individual needs. The possibilities are nearly limitless! Remember – compounded medications are dispensed only with a written prescription from a licensed practitioner.

Some examples of where compounding is beneficial include:

Veterinary

Adding a flavor often helps when orally dosing a finicky animal — eliminating undue trauma to pet and owner. And when an oral medication just won’t do, many drugs can be compounded into a transdermal gel. Imagine giving your animal a soothing ear rub while administering its prescription! And dosage adjustments can be important when dealing with a tiny animal like a small bird or a large animal like a horse. (Veterinary compounds, remember, are not intended for use in food animals.)

Pediatrics

Flavorings help here, too. Avoid those squished-up faces when you give an “icky” medicine! Many times manufactured medications are not made with little ones in mind, and sometimes a kid needs a dose adjusted for height/weight proportion. Not too weak, not too strong . . . just right! In addition, compounding pharmacists can often change the delivery method to something more fun like a syrup, a lollipop, or a freeze pop.

Pain Management

For acute and chronic pain, patients might benefit from various compounds such as topical pain relieving gels. The gels can work at the site of action, often preventing side effects such as gastrointestinal upset because they are not taken orally.

We are capable of making formulations to be responsive to drug sensitivities and allergies.