Compounding The Basics: Techniques, Benefits, and Pharmacy Support
By Nathalie Haggerty Compounding is a special technique that enables pharmacists to make a drug by combining or mixing ingredients, specifically for a patient, who may not be able to take a medication the way it was originally made by the manufacturer. The technique essentially customizes medications that would be otherwise unavailable via commercial manufacturing. At times, patients may not respond to the commercially available drug on the market, or they may only respond to a different form of medication. Or, patients could respond with an allergic reaction to the original medication because of its components, either because of its original
Advanced Pain Care: Before, During, and After the Storm
By Chelsea Simon President’s Day weekend was just supposed to be a four-day weekend. But when the President's Day storm started knocking on the door, it was going to take a little longer to get back to “normal…” The problems from the storm went beyond the lack of transportation. We’d been doing that since March of last year, and had gotten quite accustomed to limited social interaction. It was the lack of power and clean water which affected our patients, our doctors, and our facilities, as well as millions of people around the state. Though we got pretty lucky in the grand scheme