Service
Compounding
Compounding is medicine made up to a prescriber’s specification, for patients an off-the-shelf product does not fit.
What we can compound
Four things a pharmacist can change
Patient-specific dosages
Strengths between the standard ones, to accommodate in-between doses.
Several medicines in one
Multiple medications combined into a single capsule or dose.
Allergy-free formulations
Inactive ingredients changed or removed where a patient reacts to them.
Easier-to-take forms
The same medicine in a form that is simpler to swallow or apply to the skin.
Dosage forms
Capsules · creams · gels · lotions · ointments · suspensions and solutions · lollipops · lozenges · mouthwashes · suppositories
Hormone replacement
HRT preparations
For women on hormone replacement therapy we compound estrogen, progesterone and androgen preparations as capsules, creams, sublingual liquids, lozenges, and vaginal creams and suppositories.
Questions
Before you come in
Why would a doctor prescribe a compounded medicine?
Usually because the standard product does not fit: it is no longer made commercially, several doses need combining into one, it needs to be easier to take, the patient is allergic to an ingredient, or a child needs a dose or form that is not sold ready-made.
What can be compounded?
Simple things like flavourings or two liquids combined, medicines made easier to swallow or apply to the skin, medicated mouthwashes, and more complex forms: regular and slow-release capsules, creams, gels, lotions, ointments, lollipops, lozenges and suspensions.
Why compound at Ashbiz?
Our staff are trained in compounding, and every formula we prepare is researched, standardised and referenced, and kept on file so it is made the same way each time.
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