What is Compounding?
Pharmacy compounding is the art and science of preparing personalized medications for patients.
Compounded medications are “made from scratch” – individual ingredients are mixed together in the exact strength and dosage form required by the patient. This method allows the compounding pharmacist to work with the patient and the prescriber to customize a medication to meet the patient’s specific needs.
Fortunately, compounding has experienced a resurgence as modern technology and innovative techniques and research have allowed more pharmacists to customize medications to meet specific patient needs.
Ingredients that may be allergy-inducing include:
Lactose
Preservatives
Dyes
Gluten
Sugar
Newhard Pharmacy’s trained, PCCA pharmacists personalize medicine for patients who need specific:
Strengths
Dosage forms –gels, capsules, creams, ointments, solutions & suspensions.
Flavors
Ingredients excluded from medications due to allergies or other sensitivities
Discontinued or difficult to find medications
Allergy- Friendly Medications
Talk to Your Doctor about Compounding. Prescription compounding is a rapidly growing component of many prescribers’ practices. But in today’s world of aggressive marketing by drug manufacturers, some may not realize the extent of compounding’s resurgence in recent years.
Ask your Doctor about personalized medicine and get in touch with Newhard Pharmacy. We will consult with your healthcare provider about ways to personalize a medication to meet your needs. Through the triad relationship of patient, physician and pharmacist, we will work together to solve your unique medication problems.