Compounding

A drug may be compounded for a patient who cannot be treated with an FDA-approved medication, such as a patient who has an allergy to a certain dye, or an elderly patient or a child who cannot swallow a tablet or capsule and needs a medicine in a liquid. Some medications have a very unpleasant flavor, making it hard for patients to take them as directed. A compounding pharmacist can custom make the prescription from scratch with the patient’s flavor of choice. Some medications can be also compounded in a topical form — cream or gel that allows the medicine to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin. Practitioners in hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities sometimes provide compounded drugs to patients when an FDA-approved drug is not medically appropriate to treat them.  In these situations, compounding can serve an important patient need. Plum Creek Pharmacy has access to the highest quality pharmaceutical ingredients and can fill the prescription using the latest research, quality control process, and techniques that help meet the individual patient needs.