Pharmacist Compounding
The pharmacy technician uses a syringe to withdraw drug product from the vial for further compounding. Pharmacy compounding is an age-old practice in which pharmacists combine, mix, or alter ingredients to create unique medications that meet specific needs of individual patients. It's also a practice that is under FDA scrutiny, mainly because of instances where compounded drugs have endangered public health. Compounding is most routine in the case of intravenous/parenteral medication, typically by hospital pharmacists, but is also offered by privately owned compounding pharmacies and certain retail pharmacies for various forms of medication. Whether routine or rare, intravenous or oral, anytime a given drug product is made or modified to have characteristics that are specifically contemplated for an individual patient, this is known as traditional compounding. February, 2011.
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