What is compounding?
Why should I get my medication compounded?
What do I need to do to get a compounded prescription?
The right and responsibility of the pharmacist to compound
What can be compounded?
What can be incorporated into these dosage forms?
What is compounding?
Compounding is the creation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or device upon a valid medical prescription. Compounded prescriptions are customized medications that are created for an individual patient’s need, from a doctor’s individual prescription, and are designed to fit a single patient's specific needs.
Most compounds are made from pure USP grade raw powders, chemicals, and/or devices. Usually these medications are not economically feasible for large manufacturers to make, and so are not commercially available.
Mulberry Pharmacy is your best compounding pharmacy choice
Mulberry Pharmacy compounding pharmacists are certified in basic, advanced and sterile compounding, and we use only the highest quality and sterile compounds available.
Our extensive experience in compounding and our dedicated compounding pharmacy mean we can offer you thousands of formulations – many, many more than most pharmacies that offer compounding services.
Our compounding specialties include fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, natural and bio-identical hormone replacement, autism, pediatrics, sports, and veterinary medications.
And we offer emergency and stat compounds, many of which can be made after-hours (after-hour rates apply).
Why should I get my medication compounded?
Most patients receiving medication in the United States don’t need compounded prescriptions, because they can easily use conventional pre-prepared tablets, gel caps, and liquids. But there are patients who, for a number of reasons, are not well-served by these formats and need their prescriptions in different formats or made of rare ingredients.
People who may benefit from compounded prescriptions include:
• Those suffering from Fibromyalgia and adhering to the St. Amand protocol
• Those who need medications without dyes, preservatives, fillers or other ingredients
• Those who require a change in the route of administration – for example, converting an oral medication to a topical medication to bypass first-pass effects, or for those finding it hard to swallow multiple pills/capsules
• Those who need combinations of medicines that do not normally exist
• Those who need strengths of medications that do not normally exist
• Those who need the flavor and texture of dosage forms altered, especially pediatric and animal patients
What do I need to do to get a compounded prescription?
Florida law requires all compounded medications to have a valid prescription. This is designed to protect the people of Florida from unsafe, mass-produced medications.
We require a valid prescription for all compounded medicines – even if it’s a vitamin. This prescription requirement means you have a better chance of being reimbursed by your insurance company. And it allows for greater communication between you, your doctor, and our pharmacists.
Physicians can call and/or fax us toll-free with your prescription. We will be happy to talk to your physician about your prescription. And we also mail our compounds nationwide – for no additional cost!
So call us today at (877) 425-1101 to discuss your compounding needs. Whether you are a patient, physician, or long-term care service manager, we are here to help you.
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The right and responsibility of the pharmacist to compound
No other health care professional has studied chemical compatibilities and can prepare dosage forms. Even when modern scientific technologies have produced new chemical entities, the ability of the pharmacist to combine one or more chemicals into a new preparation or process the existing dosage form into one that is better suited to the patient’s needs, has remained the domain of the pharmacist. Compounding of medications by pharmacists is a long-standing and traditional part of pharmacy. The right – if not the obligation – to compound exists under the pharmacy laws of each of the fifty states and is pervasively regulated by the fifty states. States require that pharmacy schools must, as part of their core curriculum, instruct students on the compounding of pharmaceuticals.
– from the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
What can be compounded?
As the following list shows, compounded prescriptions can take dozens of forms. This means that no matter what your custom prescription need is and no matter what form you need your prescription to be in, Mulberry Pharmacy can make it!
- Capsules
- Creams, ointments, and lotions
- Dental preparations
- Dermatologic specialties
- Flavor specialization
- Gels, both topical and oral
- Geriatric formulations
- Homeopathic formulations
- Hospice items like pain and nausea formulations
- Lip balms
- Medicated lollipops
- Medicated lozenges
- Mediated popsicles
- Nasal sprays and solutions
- Oral solutions
- Otic insufflations, solutions, and suspensions
- Pediatric formulations
- Physical therapy compounds like phonophoretic formulations, sounding gels, ionizing solutions, and iontophoretic formulations
- Podiatric formulations
- Polymeric substrate bandages
- Rectal enemas
- Rectal suppositories
- Sterile compounds
- Sublingual troches
- Suspensions
- Throat sprays
- Topical powders
- Topical sprays
- Transdermal formulations
- Unit doses
- Urethral inserts
- Vaginal creams and suppositories
- and many others!
What can be incorporated into these dosage forms?
Mulberry Pharmacy can compound any personal formula or custom prescription you have. Whether you are a prescribing physician, clinic, long-term care residence, or veterinary service, we can create any custom compounded prescription you need.
We make our compounds from pure USP grade raw powders, chemicals, and/or devices. And we take as much time as needed to get your prescription perfect!
Starting with commercially available products and your idea base, we make prescriptions that are:
- Higher doses or strengths
- Lower doses or strengths
- Preservative-free
- Combination drugs made with added ingredients
- Special flavors
- Slow release
- Lower in irritants