What is compounding?
Compounding is the traditional pharmacy art of preparing medications to meet the individual needs of individual patients. It is the preparation, mixing, packaging and labeling of a drug or device according to a practitioner’s prescription which results in a customised medication being made by the pharmacist to meet the patient’s individual need.
Unique compounds for individual needs
Drugs produced by pharmaceutical companies adequately fill the needs of a large number of patients, however they are unable to fulfill every need. Compounding allows the physician to fill the unique needs of individuals by customizing their medication to suit them.
Common reasons for using compounded pharmaceuticals
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How your compounding Pharmacist can help you
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What can be compounded
- Alternative dosage forms
- Capsules
- Cost-effective formulations
- Creams, ointments, lotions
- Dental preparations
- Dermatological preparations
- Discontinued drugs
- Flavouring
- Gels – topical and oral
- Geriatric formulations
- Hospice formulations – pain, nausea
- Lip balms
- Medicated lollipops
- Nasal sprays and solutions
- Oral suspensions
- Original formulations
- Otic insufflations, solutions and suspensions
- Over-the-counter drugs
- Paediatric formulations
- Physical therapy Sounding gels
- Podiatric formulations
- Preservative-free formulations
- Rectal suppositories and enemas
- Sublingual troches (lozenges)
- Sugar-free formulations
- Suspensions
- Sustained-release formulations
- Throat sprays
- Topical powders
- Topical sprays
- Transdermal gels
- Urethral inserts
- Vaginal creams and pessaries
- Veterinary formulations
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