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Paediatric oral compounding: expert insights from a global study

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

A new global study from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)s Pediatric Formulations Focus Group is the first to report current and global paediatric oral extemporaneous compounding practices. The FIP study aimed to identify current global paediatric oral extemporaneous compounding practices, challenges and needs.

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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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How to help patients during medication shortages

The Checkup by Singlecare

However, if this isn’t an option, pharmacists may need to consider outsourcing to a compounding pharmacy. Nevertheless, rationing is typically more common in hospitals than in community pharmacies. With this knowledge, they can implement operational changes that mitigate the harm of drug shortages to patients.

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How Balancing Iron Levels Can Help Your Thyroid

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Heavy periods may also be a sign that your thyroid hormone dosage may need to be adjusted, as being hypothyroid can also cause a heavy flow. There are various iron salts, or compounds, and each of them have different levels of elemental iron in them. [63] BTW, my constipation article is coming soon!)