Drug Compounding Guide
Meyer HealthMart Pharmacy offers another specialized service through prescription compounding. Before the manufacturing of commercial medications, medications were compounded by a pharmacist. A compounded prescription is one that is tailor-made by a pharmacist to address the individual needs of a patient. In most cases, the compounded medication is chemically identical to the commercially available drug. In other cases, such as bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, the compound is molecularly identical to the hormones in the body, whereas commercial medications are often times not. Compounding allows patients, prescribers, and pharmacists to work together as a team to prepare a medication to fit the needs of an individual patient.
Often, patients are unable to take a commercially available medication for several reasons, such as lactose/gluten intolerance, strength unavailability, impractical dosage form, undesirable side effects, discontinuation by the manufacturer, undesirable flavor, or glucose/alcohol/gluten/dye content. Pharmacists at Meyer HealthMart Pharmacy can prepare the following formulations to provide solutions to these challenges:
- Creams, ointments, gels and lotions
- Flavoring
- Lip balms
- Lollipops
- Troches
- Immediate-release and slow-release capsules
- Oral suspensions and syrups
- Transdermal gels, creams
- Rectal and vaginal suppositories
- Preservative –free formulations
- Lactose/gluten/sugar/alcohol/dye-free formulations
- Vaginal creams
- Combination medications
Meyer HealthMart pharmacists can customize medications for people in many different patient categories whether it be a pediatric patient with a sore throat, an elderly patient on multiple medications, a hospice patient with severe nausea/pain, a podiatric patient with plantar fasciitis, or a menopausal patient with hot flashes.
Not only is prescription compounding an option for our human patients, it provides great alternatives for our veterinary patients, as well. The following preparations can be created for your pet:
- Creams, ointments, gels and lotions
- Pet-specific flavoring
- Sugar/Alcohol/Dye-free formulations
- Transdermal gels, creams
- Chewable troches
- Biscuits
- Oral suspensions
- Concentrated doses made specifically to veterinarian orders
- Combination medications
