Compounding

About Pharmacy Compounding

For millions of Americans with unique health care needs personalized medication solutions - mixed safely by trained, licensed pharmacists - are the only option to achieve the desired health care outcome. Ordway Pharmacists work with physicians, nurse practitioners and veterinarians to create customized medication solutions for patients and animals whose health care needs are not met by manufactured medications.

Who Needs Personalized Medication Solutions?

Patients who need specialized dosing due to age-related issues (pediatric or geriatric) Patients who have:

• Multiple health care issues that impact a drug’s absorption or elimination
• Allergic reactions to inert ingredients such as binders or dyes in commercially available products
• Difficulty absorbing the medication via the traditional delivery process of a commercially available product, i.e. can’t swallow or are sensitive to topically applied products
• Hospitalized patients who need lifesaving intravenous medications
• Veterinary patients that range in size from a parakeet to an elephant and everything in between are just a few of the patients who are dependent upon personalized medication solutions.

Who Are These Patients?

• Family members who at the end of life have special needs to ensure that they are comfortable and given every opportunity to improve their quality of life.
• Children who need a medication that is only commercially available in an adult dosage form.

The community of patients with special needs:

• Autistic children
• Cancer patients
• HIV and AIDS patients
• Diabetic patients (topical applications for circulation and wound healing)
• Patients who need transplant medications
• Intravenous therapy patients
• Hospitalized and home infusion patients

Patients of medical specialists

• Urologists: bladder infections and erectile dysfunction
• Endocrinologists: thyroid and hormone replacement
• Dermatologists: psoriasis, fungus, wound treatment
• Gynecologists: hormone replacement, pre-term pregnancies
• Gastroenterologists: hemorrhoids and anal fissures
• Veterinary medicines

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