Today many patients take medicines in the form of tablets or capsules. While these are quite convenient to produce in bulk, they are not easy for everyone to consume. Compounding Pharmacists are continuously making an effort to create different methods of oral medicine.

Compounding is the act of formulating a dosage of medication by a pharmacist using expert techniques and ingredients for every prescription. Compounding happens only after there has been a discussion with the patient and their physician to get the correct form of medicine. This makes medicine easier to consume and also benefits if the patient has unique allergies. Compounding includes medicine forms such as oral liquids, frozen popsicles, medicated lollipops, and chewable gummies along with many others. (more…)