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Advantages & Disadvantages of Componding

Compounding pharmacies offer several advantages over large pharmacy chains: 1) They can provide access to discontinued medications and create customized formulations for specific health needs like allergies. 2) Medications are often cheaper for patients and bad flavors can be eliminated. 3) Compounding pharmacies can alter dosage forms to make medications easier to take. However, there are some disadvantages as well: 1) There is a higher risk of contamination during individualized compounding. 2) Services may not be needed by all patients or covered by insurance. 3) Drug recalls can be more difficult to track for customized medications.

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Advantages & Disadvantages of Componding

Compounding pharmacies offer several advantages over large pharmacy chains: 1) They can provide access to discontinued medications and create customized formulations for specific health needs like allergies. 2) Medications are often cheaper for patients and bad flavors can be eliminated. 3) Compounding pharmacies can alter dosage forms to make medications easier to take. However, there are some disadvantages as well: 1) There is a higher risk of contamination during individualized compounding. 2) Services may not be needed by all patients or covered by insurance. 3) Drug recalls can be more difficult to track for customized medications.

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Allowing Access to Discontinued


Medications
2. Making Medication Easier to Use
Allowing Alternative Dosage Forms
Making Medication Allergy-Friendly
Offering Unique Services that Pharmacy
Chains Don’t
The Pros of a Compounding Pharmacy
1. The medications are often much cheaper for patients.

2. It gives patients access to discontinued medication. 


Some drug manufacturers will stop mass producing medication
because there isn’t a large enough need to make it profitable for
them. That doesn’t mean the drug isn’t still needed, so the
compounding pharmacy is able to step in and create the drug
when needed. This means even if only 1 person on the entire
planet needed a discontinued medication, they’d still be able to
receive it.
3. Compounding pharmacies can make hypo-allergenic medications. 
For those with specific health needs, such as needing a soybean-
free capsule or a gluten-free tablet, compounding pharmacies are
able to create drugs that don’t trigger allergies or intolerance
problems. Personalized formulas become easier to make and the
end result is a better overall level of health.
4. Bad flavors can be eliminated.
5. A different type of medication can be created. 
Some people struggle to take pills. Others aspirate liquids. A
compounding pharmacy can actually alter the structure of the
medication so that pills can be put into a liquid suspension or
liquids can be put into a pill or capsule form.

The Cons of a Compounding Pharmacy


1. There is a higher risk of contamination. 

2. Not everyone needs their services. 


Compound prescriptions tend to be the most beneficial when
children or someone with a specific health needs must have a
unique dosing plan that is beyond what standard production lines
provide. If a patient needs 0.75mg of an item, but it only comes in
0.5mg or 1g doses, then the compounding pharmacy makes it
easier to take the medication because the needed dose can be
provided.

3. They aren’t always covered by healthcare insurance. 


Compounding pharmacies are generally able to lower the cost of the
needed drugs, but they aren’t always covered by a healthcare insurance
plan. This means that patients may need to pay more for their medications
than they would if they were only paying for a co-pay, even with the
cheaper costs.

4. It can be difficult to track drug recalls.


Because the medications are individually made for specific doses or
because medications are rare, patients may not realize that what they’ve
received has been recalled. Even with improved communication over the
internet and other methods that are available, not everyone realizes that
the medication came from a contaminated source because the labels are
not always clear on the matter.

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