Customized Medications for Better Health

When patients can receive the optimal dose of medication that is needed to treat an illness (based on their age, weight, etc.), they are more likely to recover quickly with minimal side effects. Unfortunately, drugs are commercially manufactured in limited doses, dosage forms, and flavors. Sometimes people must be hospitalized or receive home IV therapy when they cannot swallow and the medication they need is only available in oral and injectable dosage forms. Or, when children or chronically ill individuals refuse medication because they dislike the taste, their condition can worsen. WE CAN HELP! Using FDA-approved drugs which we obtain as pure powders or liquids, our compounding pharmacy can formulate the needed dose of medication into a customized dosage form such as a flavored lozenge, suspension, or even a lollipop - and medicated, flavored, chewies for pets! Another option: many drugs can be compounded as topical or transdermal dosage forms that can be absorbed through the skin.

Discontinued drug? If you or your doctor would like to use a medication that is unavailable or no longer commercially manufactured for non-safety-related reasons (such as declining use making it unprofitable to manufacture), our compounding professionals can usually formulate the preparation - and sometimes even improve it by modifying the dose, or changing the flavor or dosage form.

   Allergies? We can also compound medications that are free of ingredients such as sugar, dyes, alcohol, gluten, lactose and preservatives.

We work together with physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and other health care professionals to solve our patients’ medication problems.

Your questions and problems are welcome!

Oral Antibiotic Suspensions for Cats and Exotics

Fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics that are commonly needed to treat infections in companion animals. While there are several FDA veterinary approved fluoroquinolone antibiotics, none of the approved drugs are commercially available as oral suspensions. Use of approved tablets and injections may be appropriate for most companion animals; however, use of approved fluoroquinolones in small dogs, cats and exotic pets is problematic. And, as some fluoroquinolones (e.g. enrofloxacin) have proven to cause a dose-related neurotoxicity in cats, precise dosing of fluoroquinolones in small and exotic animals is imperative. One study showed that the fluoroquinolone marbofloxacin, when compounded according to USP specifications, provided for adequate absorption and blood concentrations against susceptible pathogens throughout a 10 day dosing period.

By prescription order, our compounding professionals can customize flavored oral suspensions of antibiotics and other types of medications to simplify administration and improve compliance and therapeutic outcomes.