The healthcare practitioner specifies ingredients and doses intended to meet the individual needs of their patients.  For example, Women’s International Pharmacy can combine multiple bioidentical hormones of various strengths into one compounded medication.  The prescriber will also specify the type of formulation to use.  These include choices such as capsules, gels, creams, lozenges and drops. Flavoring can be added to formulations to make them more palatable, if desired.