What You Need to Know About Compounded GLP-1 Drugs

How can you make sure you receive quality, legitimate compounded prescriptions? Here are some tips.

When Your Pet Needs a Prescription: Top 5 Compounded Medications for Animals 

A compounding pharmacy can help compound a medication into a pet-friendly dosage form unique to your pet’s needs. They also stock flavors like beef, chicken, liver, fish, bacon and apple, which help entice pets to take their meds.

Compounded Relief: The Benefits of Rectal Rockets

In the compounding world, not much gets more shocked faces and chuckles than discussing the famous rectal rocket. Yes, you read that right … rectal rocket.

BOOM! BAM! BANG! Does your pet have anxiety or fearful behaviors?

Like humans, pets can develop anxiety and fears. Fireworks are considered a normal tradition on holidays for some cultures but can also frequently trigger anxiety in pets and animals.

Testosterone replacement therapy: Not just a guy thing

If you thought testosterone was only a male hormone, you would be mistaken. 

Magic potion potential? Let’s talk about methylene blue

What if you were told a drug that had been around for 100 years acts as a potent antioxidant, improves mitochondrial and cognitive function and mood, and has anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects?

‘Hormone Therapy” or “Hormone Replacement Therapy”: What’s the Difference?

By Ashley Berthlot, Director of Marketing, Business Development Specialist, Professional Arts Pharmacy

The term “Hormone Therapy” garners various negative and positive connotations, depending on your background and perspective.… (Read the rest)

Compounded medications: When an FDA-approved therapy isn’t quite right

By Kim Hansen, RPh, FAPC

For many patients, a compounded medication can be life-changing — even lifesaving.… (Read the rest)

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Methylation and Methylcobalamin

Compounding pharmacists can be a valuable resource for patients with autism. Many treatment options for autism are not available commercially and must be compounded by a reputable pharmacy.… (Read the rest)

Finding colorectal cancer early is key

Compounders can help ease the side effects of colorectal cancer treatment

Once upon a time, you may have had to sit down with your young children to discuss the birds and the bees.… (Read the rest)

Heart Health + Hormone Replacement Therapy: Friend or Foe?

You may already be aware that heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States.… (Read the rest)

New Hope for Treatment-Resistant Depression, PTSD or Severe Anxiety Disorder

By Jim Hrncir RPh; Las Colinas Pharmacy Compounding & Wellness; Irving, TX

When people do not respond as well as hoped to medicines prescribed for depression, PTSD or severe anxiety disorder, the symptoms can be debilitating.… (Read the rest)

Take action to prevent breast cancer. Compounding can help.

While there is no certain or perfect way to prevent cancer, there are certain risk factors that increase the likelihood.… (Read the rest)

Pharmacies and drug shortages

When FDA determines that certain manufactured drugs are in shortage, who’s there for you? Who fills the gaps?… (Read the rest)

The Compounder’s Role in Transgender Health Care

Pharmacists, especially knowledgeable compounding pharmacists, have an important opportunity to play a role in healthcare for the transgender (TG) community.… (Read the rest)

Life After Breast Cancer

Congratulations! You have made it through the wilderness and survived breast cancer. You have lots to celebrate and be thankful for, but your life will never be the same.… (Read the rest)

Different pains require different drugs

We all experience multiple types of pain throughout our lives. Bee stings, sunburns, and skinned knees are all examples of acute, short-term pain, but pain can also be chronic.… (Read the rest)

Dealing with rashes

Did you know that your skin is the largest organ in your body? It serves many important functions, including protecting the body against trauma, regulating body temperature, maintaining water and electrolyte balance, sensing painful and pleasant stimuli, and even participating in vital bodily functions such as vitamin D synthesis.… (Read the rest)

Storing Medications Appropriately

Jawaher E Ghazoul, NEOMED, Class of 2023

Think about how you store your medications. Do you keep medications in the fridge when they need to be refrigerated?… (Read the rest)

Pharmaceutical Compounding: Finding solutions to life’s medication challenges

Reuben K Nielsen, PharmD, MBA

If you have never heard of pharmaceutical compounding, it may seem scary — venturing into the unknown is full of uncertainties.… (Read the rest)

If a medication makes you sick, your compounding pharmacist can help

Your knowledgeable compounding pharmacist is a valuable resource when patients with digestive disorders cannot be helped with traditional manufactured pharmaceuticals.… (Read the rest)

Stress … and ways your pharmacist can help

Stress can come at us in many different forms — from starting (or losing) a job, going to a new school, moving, getting married or divorced, losing a friend or relative, or a host of other issues.… (Read the rest)

Getting your kids to take their meds

Have you ever struggled to get your child to take their medicine? You’re not alone! It’s common for kids to complain about the taste, the texture, or (if you’re really unlucky) even the color.… (Read the rest)

It’s electric: Delivering sports meds the modern way

Summertime: When the living is easy … and the sports injuries are common. Sure, sometimes rest and “Honey, don’t ever do that again” is all you need, but other times medication is called for.… (Read the rest)

June is Men’s Health Month!

June is Men’s Health Month, and APC wants to remind everyone, especially the aging men in your life, of the importance of living a healthy lifestyle to maintain optimal energy levels!… (Read the rest)

Supplements and the Immune System

One body system that everyone wants working at its best is the immune system. What supplements can best help with this?… (Read the rest)

Drug shortages? Compounding pharmacies are there to help

No doubt we’re all aware of the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting shortages of medical supplies — and that includes some medications.… (Read the rest)