Compounding
What Is Compounding?
Compounding involves creating personalized medications for patients when commercially available options don’t meet their specific needs. By using individual ingredients, we can craft a custom formula tailored to provide the precise strength and dosage required to address the patient’s unique health requirements.
Compounding Products
Here are just a few examples of compounding products we can create.
Topical Pain Relief
We create customized topical products for pain relief, allowing us to adjust the dosage, concentration, and blend with other ingredients to suit each individual’s needs.
Helps with:
Arthritis, Nerve Pain, Muscle Pain
Cosmetic
Customized topical products that can be adjusted in concentrations to best fit various cosmetic cases.
Helps with:
Acne, Hyperpigmentation, Dry skin
Oral Dosage Form
Customized oral products that help with different ailments, where we can customize the dosage, concentration, and mix with other ingredients based on the situation.
Helps with:
Suspensions
Oral suspensions can be created for medication that is needed by kids but is normally not available on the market.
Helps with:
Canker Sore, Difficulty Swallowing, Mucositis
How It Works
1
Prescription
We review your prescription to ensure it effectively addresses your condition without causing any interactions or conflicts.
2
Preparation
Your medication is then prepared in a sterile, controlled environment using advanced, state-of-the-art equipment.
3
Quality Assurance
Once it’s prepared , we take careful steps to ensure we deliver the highest quality product by rigorously testing its accuracy and quality.
4
Patient Education
Once everything is prepared, your pharmacist will guide you through the process to ensure you use the medication safely and effectively.
Topical Pain Therapies
Pain management can be a complex and challenging aspect of medicine. Our pharmacists have undergone comprehensive training in pain management to ensure our patients receive the most effective pain treatments available.
With our specialized training and expertise as compounding professionals, we are able to select the most effective pain treatments for our patients using customized creams and gels.
Our pharmacists utilize a variety of active ingredients, including anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants, counter-irritants, anesthetics, and nerve pain agents, to provide targeted relief. Drawing on our knowledge and experience, we carefully choose the best delivery vehicle to ensure optimal absorption of these active ingredients through the skin for maximum pain relief. At IDA Capilano pharmacy, we use trusted bases such as Versapro®, Transdermal Pain Base®, Lipoderm®, and PLO Diclogel® to create the most effective formulations.
What can we treat with pain creams?
- Pain and inflammation are addressed with anti-inflammatories such as diclofenac, ketoprofen, naproxen, and more.
- Muscle pain, stiffness, and spasms are treated with muscle relaxants like cyclobenzaprine and baclofen.
- Moderate pain is managed using anesthetics such as lidocaine, bupivacaine, and benzocaine.
- Nerve pain is relieved with agents like gabapentin, capsaicin, and amitriptyline.
Does the base matter?
What are the main side effects?
Topical pain management results in minimal systemic absorption, helping to limit side effects and offering a potentially safer alternative for patients. This approach provides more localized and targeted therapy, reducing the risk of side effects.
If you have any concerns, please consult our pharmacist for more information.
