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As an essential business during the COVID-19 pandemic, our Miami compounding pharmacy is open and ready to help you get the medicine you need. Our whole team is working hard to keep things running as smoothly as possible, and we thank you for your patience as we continue to serve you. We want to assure our patients that we are doing everything in our power to keep them safe and healthy during this stressful time. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding the coronavirus as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal and state agencies make them known. In addition to implementing best practices for essential businesses, we are also taking extra steps to support our patients. Here’s what we are doing to help. Regular Cleaning and Sanitation We have always maintained high standards of cleanliness, but in addition to our usual sanitation practices, our Miami compounding pharmacy is going the extra mile to keep our patients safe when they are in our store. Along with our normal cleaning and sanitation practices, we are also regularly cleaning all common areas of our pharmacy. Curbside Pickup While patients are welcome to come inside our pharmacy to pick up their …

When it comes to coronavirus prevention, the misinformation is astounding. Just the other week, the news website The Conversation US—which publishes news stories written by academics and researchers from various disciplines—ran a story titled, “Coronavirus: it’s time to debunk claims that vitamin C could cure it”. This story raises an obvious question: if vitamin C won’t prevent or cure coronavirus and COVID-19, are there any other vitamins that will help me boost my immune system? Let’s take a closer look at an answer to this question. Should I Take More Vitamins? Our bodies need vitamins. When we aren’t getting enough of a certain nutrient, certain functions of the body begin not to function at 100% capacity—and this includes the immune system. But does that mean that increasing your intake of vitamins that support the immune system will help you fend off COVID-19? Well, not exactly. According to this article from the New York Times, there is some promising research about the strengthening effects that vitamin D has on immunity. However, it is not definitive. If you are taking vitamin D or any other vitamin supplement currently, you should continue to take it, but there are other more effective things you …

Believe it or not, there was once a time when all pharmacies were compounding pharmacies. With the advent of mass-produced medicines in the middle of the twentieth century, many pharmacists stepped away from their roles as medicine preparers to become medicine distributors. Medicine compounding became a thing of the past. Some say those were simpler times. If we’re talking about medicine, however, we would argue that they were more complex times—and people were better off for it. Think about it. Do today’s medicines—created to serve the entire population in a single form and limited dosages—really do what they are supposed to do? Not for everyone. Pharmacies took the time to care for each patient individually before mass production. Sure, it took more time and effort, but people got the treatments that worked for them. Today, most pharmacies offer one-size-fits-all solutions to unique medical conditions that might require a bit more care and attention. Compounding pharmacies like ours serve a vital function in today’s healthcare industry. Want to learn how? Here are the top three things to know about compounding. Medicine Compounding Is Customizable Some commercially available medications don’t come in the right dosages or forms for people who have special …

Our pets are a part of the family, so when it comes to pet medicine, it’s no surprise that most people want only the best. We want the medication to be effective and to be easy to take. That’s not too much to ask for our furry little friends, is it? Sometimes, however, manufactured medications don’t fit our pets’ health needs. For example, have you ever had a hard time getting your pet to take their medicine? Have you ever had trouble finding the right strength for your pet? It turns out, humans aren’t the only ones with unique medication needs! When Is Compounding Your Best Option? Compounding your pet medicine is usually the best option when your animal has a medical condition that can’t be treated by a commercially available product. For example, if your cat needs a medication that only comes in the form of a pill and your cat won’t take medicine that way, then you and your veterinarian will need to come up with a solution. Better Compliance from Individualized Dosage Forms The solution to the above issue of pet medicine compliance could be to create a new form of the medication that is easier to …