Compounding

Podiatry

3 out of 4 Americans experience serious foot problems in their life ranging from foot pain to complicated wounds. Topically applied medication for foot disorders can be a good treatment that allows delivery of medication in a high concentration to the area of need resulting in low systemic levels of the medication and fewer drug interactions and side effects. This can be an ideal delivery of medication for patients with poor blood supply to the legs, ankles and feet.

What conditions can be treated?

Pediatric

Children pose many challenges when it comes to medication. In general, they may dislike the taste, have trouble swallowing a capsule or tablet, or are fearful of an injection.

At ProCompounding Pharmacy, we can compound oral medications into pleasantly flavored suspensions, solutions, lozenges, or lollipops in colors and tastes that appeal to children.

Pain Management

Topical Pain Therapy

A relatively new and innovative approach to certain types of pain is compounded transdermal (topical) therapy. The medication is formulated to penetrate deep into the painful area, and provides high concentrations of very effective medications right where it hurts. Oral pain medications can often lead to drowsiness, nausea, and other unwanted side effects. When medications are administered topically, they are not absorbed through the gastrointestinal system and do not undergo first-pass hepatic metabolism.

If you suffer from chronic pain, including fibromyalgia, back/joint pain, plantar fasciitis, or neuropathy, ask your healthcare provider to consider topical pain relief.

Pain medications can be compounded into the following dosage forms including:

• Topical Gels, Creams, and Sprays
• Flavored Lozenges
• Capsules
• Nasal Spray
• Suppositories

Gastroenterology

Gastrointesnal disorders are becoming more widely diagnosed and treated. ProCompounding offers formulations to assist your prescriber in treating problems with the throat, stomach, and intestines and to accommodate existing gastrointestinal needs. Route of  administration is an important consideration when treating many gastrointestinal disorders. Medication can be compounded into many forms including acid resistant capsules, suppositories, oral suspensions and many more.

Commonly treated conditions may include:

• • • Ostomy/ileostomy/colostomy infection or irritation
    • Crohn’s disease
    • Ulcerative Colitis
    • Hemorrhoids
    • Throat pain
    • Ulcers
    • Intestinal infections
    • Celiac disease- Gluten free oral medications
    • GERD- gastroesophageal reflux disease
    • Irritable bowel syndrome
    • Fissures

Women’s Health

Women’s health is an important topic to discuss with your physician or pharmacist. With education and treatment, you can transition through the different phases of life as a healthy, happy and productive woman.

Wound Care

Chronic wounds affect approximately 6.5 million patients in the United States each year with a large percentage of wounds attributed to complications of diabetes. Compounded topical medications offer alternatives to conventional wound care allowing direct application where blood supply is restricted and lower systemic absorption compared to oral or IV medication. With a wide array of delivery options, medication can be added to specifically treat wounds and alter local wound dynamics. Delivery options include alginate powders, gels, creams, irrigations, wet to dry.

Goals of compounded wound care preparations:

• • • Fill Tunneling wounds
    • Debriding
    • Stimulation of granulation
    • Reduction of bioburden (biofilms)
    • Stimulation of epithelialization
    • Treat infection and inflammation
    • Control pain

Pulmonary Care

One of the fundamental functions of our body is the ability to breathe. Conditions like cystic fibrosis, asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) can interfere with our lungs’ ability to provide the oxygen we need for a normal life. Many compounded and commercially available medications are currently available to improve the function of diseased lungs and your quality of life. Our pharmacists are happy to work with your pulmonologist or other prescriber to provide the medication you need.

Supplements

Many prescription medications provide better patient outcomes when accompanied by select, high-quality nutritional supplements. Every supplement we carry is pharmaceutical grade, which means it’s designed and built to the same rigorous standards as your pharmaceutical medications. Our team of pharmacists carefully select each of the products we carry.