Compounding pharmacies offer a variety of benefits, including tailor-made medications, providing access to medications that are no longer available commercially, and treatment options that are unique.
FREMONT, CA: Compounding pharmacies custom-manufacture prescription medications. They make two types of medicines; sterile or non-sterile compounds.
Compounds that are sterile include:
• Injections
• Eye Drops
• Infusions
Compounds that are not sterile include:
• Creams
• Capsules
• Suppositories
Prescriptions from healthcare providers are sometimes used by pharmacies to make medications. Other pharmacies manufacture sterile medications in bulk and sell them to hospitals and doctors. Outsourcing facilities are sometimes referred to as these.
The traditional "community" pharmacy can mix creams or oral medications to form compounds, but it lacks the specialized equipment necessary to make complex ones.
Compounding pharmacies offer the following benefits:
Provides access to discontinued medications: There are times when large manufacturers stop producing certain medications. Patients who still need those medications may be adversely affected by this. In order to ensure that patients receive the care they require, compounding pharmacies can recreate those medications.
