or knee. This allows more drug to be delivered directly to the area where it is needed. When you take a tablet, the medication is delivered to almost all parts of your body, which may cause unwanted side effects. People find that they sometimes have better pain relief with topical products than with oral tablets.
.....Another large portion of our patients come into the store on all fours. I am talking about pets. In many cases, animals require special formulations that are not commercially available. Your Peoples Compounding Pharmacist can create capsules, transdermal cream and even fish flavoured suspension to suit any cat's or dog's fancy. We helped one dog owner by making a stronger capsule for her favourite pet. Previously, she was giving her dog seven tablets daily. We were able to make it possible for her to only have to give her dog one capsule. Another client of ours was having a terrible time trying to get her cat to ingest tablets. We were able to formulate a beef flavoured |
suspension, which has made her life a lot easier.
.....Children have many of the same medication problems as pets, except they generally don't like beef flavouring. The doses for children are often much smaller than those required for adults. Flavouring is also a special concern as most drugs have a bitter taste. Masking the taste of very bitter drugs requires unique sweeteners and flavours. We had one very young client who required heart medication to be prepared for him. .....After a bit of research, we were able |
to prepare a mixture suitable for him. Our staff was also able to prepare a formula to take to his local pharmacy. Another client has a particular liking to his liquid antibiotic root beer flavoured.
Your Peoples Compounding Pharmacist is also able to make formulations that are not available. From time to time there are supply problems with many commercially manufactured products. Either the drug formulations are discontinued or they are in short supply from the manufacturer. In
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