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A compound pharmacy is a place that formulates customized medication for patients who need a treatment which isn’t commercially available. For this purpose, compounding pharmacies can provide you with custom compound medications to meet the specifics of your treatment or needs. So what are some examples of the more popular compounded drugs made at pharmacies like ours? What Popular Compounded Drugs Are Available? The types of compounded medicines go on endlessly, so if you cannot take oral pills there are different ways to take them. There are many delivery options for the compound medicines. Compound medicines that are most popular include syrups, creams, ointments, and supplements. Who Takes These Medications? Compounded medicines are often prescribed for a variety of people across every age range — anyone from newborns to elderly patients can benefit from compounded medication. For instance, newborns typically cannot take pills. A compounding pharmacy can fill their prescription in syrup form to make it easy to swallow. These medications can take many forms, and some of the most popular are topical, sublingual, and oral medications. They also come in injectables and suppositories. Topical Topical medication is applied directly to the area in pain. The advantage of topical medications …

Do you need a medication that is no longer being produced? Are you allergic to certain ingredients in mass market medicine? Do you require easy-to-swallow prescriptions that don’t come in pill or tablet forms? You might be considering using a compounding pharmacy. But you might have concerns — are compounding pharmacies regulated by the FDA? In this post, we will discuss which agency directly supervises compounding pharmacies. What is Compounding vs. Manufacturing? Traditional compounding of drugs is the preparation of medicines to meet the needs of individual patients. Pharmaceutical compounding occurs when licensed pharmacists prepare the medicine for patients with a prescription. Manufacturing refers to the production of drugs on a mass scale with approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What Do Compounding Pharmacies Do? Pharmacies with the proper equipment and training that can do compounding are able to offer more customized treatments for patients. These pharmacies use pharmaceutical-grade ingredients to create non-sterile or sterile preparations. Non-sterile preparations are used for parts of the body that don’t require absolute sterility. Sterile preparations are used for the eyes or injections, which do require absolute sterility. Why Would I Need Compounded Medicine? A drug may be made for a patient …