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Compounded Medications
The art and science of compounding
Pharmacy compounding is the art and science of preparing customized medications for patients. Modern technology and innovative techniques and research allow many healthcare providers to work with pharmacists to customize medications, which provide their patients with the benefit of medications tailored specifically for certain needs.
A compounding pharmacist can tailor a prescription to the exact strength required by the individual patient, and make it in a dosage form that is easy for the patient to use. This may allow the patient to comply better with the dosing instructions, resulting in a more positive experience and treatment outcome.
Compounding was created to benefit individuals who could not use commonly available, mass produced medications in the market such as people who are allergic to a specif ingredient, those who cannot swallow without a great difficulty to receive their medications, or simply for those seeking to reduce the side effects of their current treatment. Through the absorption of their skin, compounded formulas completely bypass the need to swallow or inject the medication. This is in a great beneficial contrast to mass produced medications that can cause extreme discomfort, side effects as well as lead to dependency and over use.
By applying directly to the skin, compounds surpass tablets or pills which must be taken orally and pass through a patient’s digestive tract before making their way into the system, this causes a delay on the effectiveness of the medication or result in gastrointestinal side effects.
At Med Solutions Pharmacy your Doctors work together with our team of specially trained pharmacists to develop a compound that would benefit you, the patient, and continue to allow your doctor to prescribe the needed medications to help improve your life.
With a prescriber’s consent, a compounding pharmacist can prepare many of these medications as topical preparations – creams, lotions, solutions, or gels which are applied directly to the skin. Topical preparations allow the drug to be absorbed through the skin and enter the bloodstream, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract and potentially minimizing the related side effects. Those side effects that do occur tend to be localized and short lived.
Compounding was created to benefit individuals who could not use commonly available, mass produced medications in the market such as people who are allergic to a specif ingredient, those who cannot swallow without a great difficulty to receive their medications, or simply for those seeking to reduce the side effects of their current treatment. Through the absorption of their skin, compounded formulas completely bypass the need to swallow or inject the medication. This is in a great beneficial contrast to mass produced medications that can cause extreme discomfort, side effects as well as lead to dependency and over use.
By applying directly to the skin, compounds surpass tablets or pills which must be taken orally and pass through a patient’s digestive tract before making their way into the system, this causes a delay on the effectiveness of the medication or result in gastrointestinal side effects.
At Med Solutions Pharmacy your Doctors work together with our team of specially trained pharmacists to develop a compound that would benefit you, the patient, and continue to allow your doctor to prescribe the needed medications to help improve your life.
With a prescriber’s consent, a compounding pharmacist can prepare many of these medications as topical preparations – creams, lotions, solutions, or gels which are applied directly to the skin. Topical preparations allow the drug to be absorbed through the skin and enter the bloodstream, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract and potentially minimizing the related side effects. Those side effects that do occur tend to be localized and short lived.