Lime In The Coconut Specialty Compounding Pharmacy: Compounding In Action: Medication To Fit Your Unique Needs

You go to the doctor for help with your recurring headaches. After a professional evaluation, your doctor prescribes a certain medication to help ease the pain. It is the same medication he previously prescribed to a different patient with a different complaint. What's wrong with this picture?

The Drawback of Standardized Medication

Though common, many patients agree that the above scenario is less than ideal. The primary problem with it is that the standard prescription given by the doctor is designed to help most patients most of the time. Because it is mass-produced, it cannot possibly account for the unique subtleties of each individual patient's needs. As a result, the benefits it offers will likely be countered by multiple unpleasant drawbacks that are commonly referred to as "side effects."

The Advantage of Customized Medication

Compounding fits the medication to the patient, not the other way around. It is the art of making each individual prescription specifically for its intended patient. This allows us to specifically accommodate each patient's needs.

Compounding can be used for countless different purposes, including pain management, sinus relief, sports medicine, dental procedures, veterinary medicine, and bio-identical hormone replacement.

Compounding In Action

From dosage form to ingredients, our compounding pharmacy at the Lake of the Ozarks can design each prescription to meet our patients' specific needs. Here are a few examples of the different ways compounding can be used to the advantage of individual patients.

Medicated lollipops and gelatin troches (lozenges) for kids who do not like the taste of liquids or for people who have difficulty swallowing a tablet.
Absorption delivery methods such as suppositories, troches, transdermal gels, or rapid-dissolve tablets for people suffering from nausea/vomiting.
Capsules with several different active ingredients, so people with multiple prescriptions can take only one pill.
Transdermal gels and creams containing non-steroidals and anesthetics for sports medicine.
Topical gels to prevent nausea and vomiting for travelers.
Flavored prescriptions to make it easier to treat cats and dogs (and people).

Compounding can be used to deliver needed medicine to patients with other specific needs as well. For example...

Patients with an intolerance for certain common ingredients in standardized prescriptions, including preservatives, lactose, gluten, sugar, and/or dyes.
Child patients who cannot take the adult prescription amount of their needed medicine.
Children, adults, and pets who cannot tolerate the flavor of standardized medication.
Vegetarian and/or vegan patients who have a moral, ethical, and/or dietary obligation to avoid animal-based ingredients.

Contact Us To Learn How Compounding Can Benefit You!

We have been providing quality compounded medication at the Lake of the Ozarks (and in the surrounding areas) for the past ten years. If you would like more information about compounding and how it may be able to benefit your specific situation, we would be happy to speak with you! Our Mid-Missouri compounding pharmacist and our staff are experienced, reliable, and dedicated to your success.

To learn more about The Lime in the Coconut Specialty Compounding Pharmacy, call us at 573-964-6786 or visit our website: www.LimeintheCoconutRx.com

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