Compounding Services
At Premier Custom Pharmacy most compounded medications are ready within 24 hours.
Compounding Services
Premier Custom Pharmacy is an accredited state-of-the-art compounding pharmacy located in Palm Beach Gardens.
We are dedicated to the well-being of our patients and are meticulous about every prescription we dispense. Furthermore, we are focused on the provision of quality compounded medications and our services.
Why is Accreditation important?
When a pharmacy is PCAB Accredited, it confirms their commitment to providing safe, customized solutions that meet the medical needs of their patients, and the needs of the healthcare providers in their community.
What is compounding, and why is it necessary?
Compounding is the creation of a pharmaceutical preparation - a drug - by a licensed pharmacist to meet the unique needs of an individual patient (either human or animal) when a commercially available drug does not meet those needs. A patient may not be able to tolerate the commercially available drug, the exact preparation needed may not be commercially available, or a patient may require a drug that is currently in shortage or discontinued. The U.S. Pharmacopeia Convention (USP) formally defines compounding as “the preparation, mixing, assembling, altering, packaging, and labeling of a drug, drug-delivery device, or device in accordance with a licensed practitioner's prescription, medication order, or initiative based on the practitioner/patient/ pharmacist/compounder relationship in the course of professional practice.”
Following are a few examples of how a compounding pharmacist can customize medications based upon a doctor’s prescription to meet a patient’s needs:
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Customize strength or dosage.
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Flavor a medication (to make it more palatable for a child or a pet).
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Reformulate the drug to exclude an unwanted, nonessential ingredient, such as lactose, gluten, or a dye to which a patient is allergic.
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Change the form of the medication for patients who, for example, have difficulty swallowing or experience stomach upset when taking oral medication.
Compounding pharmacists can put drugs into specially flavored liquids, topical creams, transdermal gels, suppositories, or other dosage forms suitable for patients’ unique needs. Compounding does not include making copies of commercially available drug products, as this is not allowed by law.
How is pharmaceutical compounding different from drug manufacturing?
Traditional compounding is the preparation of a medication to meet the prescriber’s exact specifications and to be dispensed directly to the patient, pursuant to a valid prescription for that patient. The pharmaceutical ingredient utilized in the formulation HAS been put through FDA approval processes – this is why compounders have access to the pharmaceutical ingredient. Manufacturing is the mass production of drug products that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are sold to pharmacies, health care practitioners, or others who are authorized under state and federal law to resell them.
What is a compounding pharmacy?
Of the approximately 56,000 community-based pharmacies in the United States, about 7,500 pharmacies specialize in compounding services. This means the pharmacists in those facilities spend most or all of their time compounding special preparations for patients. Preparations made in these pharmacies are more likely to include both sterile and nonsterile dosage forms. Compounding also takes place in hospital pharmacies and at other health care facilities.
