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What is a Compounding Pharmacy?

BuzzRx

If your doctor’s office has given you a prescription with instructions to fill it at a compounding pharmacy, you might be wondering what exactly this means. There are 56,000 community pharmacies in the US. Only around 7,500 are compounding pharmacies, of which only 3,000 perform sterile compounding.

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10 Facts About Thyroid Disease

The Thyroid Pharmacist

20] This medication is available only as a prescription and can be compounded into lower doses by special professional compounding pharmacies. Luckily, even without insurance coverage, this medication is available in generic form and is very affordable, usually costing between $15 to 40 USD per month. 2012;2012:713696.