With the rising demand for weight-loss medications, compounding pharmacies have been making headlines lately. On October 30, the FDA announced that all doses of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy ...

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(ProRx Pharma) – From hospitals to surgical centers, med spas to even your dentist’s office—chances are, you or someone in your family has already received medication from a compounding pharmacy ...

With social media fueling the huge demand for drugs like Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, which are helping people to lose more weight than any previous weight loss medications, it’s no ...

When you have to go on a medication, your doctor will probably prescribe a premade one that's FDA-approved. But sometimes, they may want you to go on a compounded medicine that's specifically made for ...

A compounding pharmacy can prepare customized medications to fit your needs—but there are some things to be aware of. Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not ...

Compounding combines an ageless art with the latest medical knowledge, allowing pharmacists to prepare personalized medications to meet each patient’s specific needs. Compounding is fundamental to the ...

Jennie Smith, a seamstress at a ballet school in Kent, Ohio, had been trying to lose weight and keep it off for years. After losing 60 pounds through dieting only to gain 30 of it back, she wanted to ...

The FDA’s approval of the drug Aduhelm as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease — despite the recommendation of its own advisory committee against approval — came as a surprise to many. But to me, that ...

When a medication doesn’t exist in the right dose, form or formulation, patients are left with few options – a challenge in rural areas like La Plata County. That gap is filled by compounding ...

Sterile compounding has long been recognized as a high-risk area of health system pharmacy. Traditional manual IV compounding techniques can be prone to human error, leading to incorrect ingredients ...