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Compounding PharmacyBY: Michael Bustamante | Category: Health and Fitness | Post Date: 2008-12-03
Before heavy production of medications became normal, compounding was a routine activity between pharmacists. There are very less community pharmacists who have experience with compounding techniques. The art of pharmaceutical compounding has an ancient roots. Hunter-gatherer societies had some knowledge of the remedial properties of the animals, plants, molds, fungus and bacteria as well as inorganic minerals within their environment. Ancient civilizations used pharmaceutical compounding for religion, grooming, keeping the healthy well, treating the ill and preparing the dead. The ancient compounders produced the first oils from plants and animals. They discovered poisons and the antidotes. They made ointments for wounded patients as well as perfumes for customers. Uses of Compounding Pharmacy During research and development Pharmaceutical compounding is a branch of pharmacy that plays the crucial role of drug development. Compounding pharmacists and medicinal chemists develop and test pharmaceutical formulations for new drugs so that the active ingredients are effective, stable, easy to use, and acceptable to patients. In the community pharmacy Physicians may prescribe an individually compounded medication for a patient with an unusual health need. This allows the physician to tailor a pre scription to each individual. Compounding preparations are especially prevalent for: Patients requiring limited dosage strengths, such as a very small dose for infants. Patients who need drugs that have been ended by pharmaceutical manufacturers because of low profitability. Children who want flavored additives in liquid drugs, usually so that the medication tastes like candy or fruit. Veterinary medicine, usually for a change in dose. Compounding pharmacies are licensed and regulated like all other pharmacies. There was a controversy over whom should regulate compounding pharmacies. The FDA is concerned that many large compounding pharmacies that are actually acting as large-scale manufacturers of new drugs, and therefore should be subject to normal pharmaceutical regulation. The FDA has repeatedly emphasized that all compounded drugs are new drugs and are thus illegal. Compounded medications are not new, unapproved drugs and pharmacies dispensing them act only under a doctor's prescription. To the extent that there are patient safety issues, state boards of pharmacy are well-equipped to deal with them. www.greatearthpharmacy.com Article Source: http://www.saching.com About Author / Additional Info: Additional Articles: * The Blessing of Facing Challenges In Life * Man and Woman Relationship * Does Network Marketing Really Work * Health benefits of treadmill: Should I buy a treadmill for home? * Being multilingual: Does learning many languages help us in anyway? Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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