Compounding Pharmacy

At Burt's, our location includes a compounding pharmacy to work with the patient and the prescriber to customize a medication to meet the patient's specific needs.

Pharmacology basics dictate that every patient’s healthcare situation is unique. What works for one doesn’t always work for another, and that means that sometimes, a one-size-fits-all approach to medication just isn’t right. Whether the dose is wrong, a patient is sensitive to a filler in a pill, or someone only responds to bio-identical hormones rather than synthetics, we turn to the ancient art of compounding as a solution.

Ancient Art Meets Reliable Medical Science

Although compounding is rarer today than it once was, there was a time when all apothecaries relied upon compounding in full. Physicians would write out prescriptions as a list of ingredients; it was up to the local apothecary to put the list together in a way that was easy for the client to take and effective for absorption.

Every medication the apothecary created was, in fact, a custom medication, regardless of whether it was a tonic, a cough elixir, a painkiller, or something else entirely. This intimate approach valued and respected that each patient may require something slightly different.

Today, our compounding pharmacy mixes the ancient and timeless arts of the apothecary with newer, more reliable science to make customized medications more suitable than ever.

With state-of-the-art machines and advanced scientific processes, we can now custom-compound your most important medications with precision, quality, and an intense dedication to care.

Perfected With Science

As your unique compounding pharmacy, we work with both you and your medical care team to achieve the best results possible for you as an individual. When off-the-shelf treatments don’t work or aren’t appropriate, we can troubleshoot and identify ways to resolve common problems like poor absorption and side effects to make taking and utilizing your medication easier than ever.

When it’s easier to take and use your medication, you’re more likely to take it on a consistent basis. That results in faster healing, better disease management, and improved treatment outcomes for all patients whether they’re five or 50.

Making the Right Choice

Nearly any medication available on the market today can be customized if the need arises. The most common reason for a compounding pharmacy is for ease of use; this includes taking oral medications and making them into topical salves or adding flavor to a particularly bitter pediatric antibiotic.

Some drugs, like bioidentical hormones, must be hand-compounded every single time as off-the-shelf versions simply don’t exist.

Your physician will usually indicate if a medication requires special compounding, but we encourage you to speak with our compounding pharmacists about your options if you aren’t sure. Burt’s Pharmacy offers compounding services in a broad range of categories to help you make the right choices about your medication each and every time.

 

 

Our Compounding Methods