Pediatric Compounding

Many times, when a practitioner thinks of compounding a medication for a child, they  will turn to the changing or adding of a flavor to a medicine in order to make it more enjoyable or palatable for the youngster.

However, there are many other possibilites in the field of pediatric compounding.

Frequently, drugs that are prescribed for children are available only in tablet or capsule form. Often, the child will have difficulty swallowing these medications. Pharmacy Innovations can easily change the form of the drug to a liquid or chewable form with the patient's choice of flavoring OR even a transdermal cream or gel to apply directly to the skin, which allows the medication to be absorbed into the system.

A child’s weight can also be a problem. Many times, medication strengths  need to be scaled-down in order to provide the proper dose of the drug for the child. "Splitting pills"  is not only often difficult, it can result in giving the child a dose of medicine that could be either too high or too low. Changing the dose of a drug contained in a capsule at home is filled with danger.

Pharmacy Innovations can serve many of your needs for compounded pediatric medications.

Just a few of the medications we can compound for are:

Analgesics

Antibiotics/Antivirals

Diaper Rash Treatment

Premature Apnea Therapy

Psoriasis/Eczema Medications

Resistant head lice treatment

Stimulant drug trials

Topical anesthetics

Medicated lollipops and gelatin troches

Pediatric suppositories

G-Tube medications

A wide variety of flavors to help the "medicine go down!"

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