Compounding isn’t an emergency fix. It’s essential everyday medicine.

A recent Colorado Politics opinion piece by respected outsourcing facility leaders Joe Bagan and Paul Granberry hits home on a truth APC champions every day: pharmacy compounding is not a last resort. It is essential, everyday medicine.

Too often, compounding is framed as a stopgap solution when the supply chain falters. But as Bagan and Granberry correctly point out, millions of patients rely on compounded medications every day, not because of emergencies, but because their needs cannot be met by commercially available drugs.

Why compounded medications matter every day

Compounding makes modern, personalized medicine possible. It serves:

• Pediatric patients who need smaller doses and alternative forms.
• Allergy-sensitive patients who require dye-free or preservative-free options.
• Chronic-care patients who benefit from tailored strengths or delivery methods.
• Hospitals and clinics that depend on ready-to-use sterile medications to keep care moving.

These needs are not occasional. They are daily realities of safe, effective healthcare.

What lawmakers need to understand

Policy matters. Regulation done right protects patients, and regulation done wrong can cut off access to essential therapies.

As Bagan and Granberry put it, compounding is:

• Legal and highly regulated
• Essential for individualized care
• Critical for hospitals’ daily operations
• Key to a resilient drug supply chain

When policymakers treat compounding as “emergency-only,” they risk limiting care for patients who depend on it every day.

Everyday medicine, everyday impact

The takeaway is simple but powerful: Compounding isn’t contingency care. It’s core healthcare. It’s how providers meet real patient needs in the real world, every single day, whether manufacturers can keep up or not.

Supporting both 503A compounding pharmacies and 503B outsourcing facilities like STAQ Pharma means strengthening the very backbone of patient access. It protects prescriber flexibility. It safeguards clinical choice. And it ensures that personalized medicine remains exactly where it belongs: in the hands of the clinicians who know their patients best.

At the end of the day, compounding isn’t the “alternative.”
It’s the solution that keeps care moving.

Read the full Colorado Politics article here