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Some
pharmacies focus on
compounding prescriptions. This means that the
pharmacist combines individual ingredients as determined by a medical
practitioner into specific dosage forms such as tablets, capsules, creams,
gels, lozenges and more. Women's International Pharmacy is a
compounding pharmacy dedicated to using bioidentical hormones
in compounded medications we prepare.
Compounding
pharmacies formulate combinations which may include FDA-approved and/or
pharmaceutical-grade substances into a custom medication, as specified by
a prescription from a healthcare practitioner.
Quality
control (documenting of procedures, verifying recipe calculations, and
ingredients) is crucial when compounding medications. As a
compounding pharmacy, Women's International Pharmacy meets or exceeds
standards for providing accurate compounded medications.
The
healthcare practitioner can specify a prescription ideally suited to
meeting a patient's individual hormonal needs when working with Women's
International Pharmacy. For example, Women's International Pharmacy
can also combine multiple hormones into one compounded medication.
Other examples are preparing bioidentical hormone medications in
different forms (e.g., capsules, gels, creams, lozenges, drops, etc.) or
adding flavors (peppermint, orange, lemon or cherry) to make them more
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