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 ...

Intravenous (IV) compounding safety has garnered recent attention as a result of high-profile incidents, awareness efforts from the safety community, and increasingly ...

A compounding pharmacy can prepare customized medications to fit your needs—but there are some things to be aware of. If you’ve ever needed medication prepared in a special way, you may have needed to ...

Hospital pharmacy leaders should be vigilant about eradicating the syringe drawback method — and taking pictures during sterile compounding isn’t enough, according to Rita Jew, PharmD, president of ...

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 ...

Internal data collection suggested that approximately 60% of medications were without a bar code. [2] Therefore, we projected that 3 million medication doses would require repackaging or the addition ...

Specialized, drug-producing pharmacies like the one implicated in the nation's ongoing meningitis outbreak have been tied to a string of fatal infections and overdoses stretching back more than a ...

After Kentucky pharmacy workers dispensed compounded medications to three children, they were all hospitalized. The Kentucky Board of Pharmacy is investigating the ...

To resolve the case, Houck Pharmacy has agreed to pay a $500 civil penalty and have its pharmacy license placed on probation for 12 months. In a related matter, Hillary Lee Lunning of Mason City was ...

Tabitha Drew felt helpless in late August as she watched her 5-year-old daughter, Raevyn Winters, go "completely lifeless" minutes after receiving her clonidine medication filled at a local Med Save ...

Several Iowa pharmacies have been cited by the state recently for dispensing incorrect medications, including one that may have resulted in a patient's death. The Iowa Board of Pharmacy alleges that ...