Heritage Compounding Pharmacy offers customized compounding medicine through the Triad Relationship (Patient / Pharmacist / Physician) to meet the patient's need.

The Triad Relationship
Compounding is achieved through an essential triad relationship — patient, physician and
pharmacist. The physician first prescribes the medication, then the pharmacist
compounds the necessary ingredients, and dispenses the compounded medicine to the
patient with a thorough consultation.  As a result, the patient receives the
cutomized/personalized care he/she deserves, and it allows the pharmacist the
opportunity to offer superior, patient-oriented services. 

Reasons for Compounding
The most important reason for compounding is patient noncompliance.  There are many
patients who are allergic to preservatives or dyes, or are sensitive to standard drug
strengths. With a physician's prescription, a compounding pharmacist can customize the
strength of a medication and its form to make it easier for the patient to ingest, and add
flavor to it to make it more palatable.

The pharmacist also can make the medication using several unique delivery systems,
such as a sublingual troche or lozenge, a lollipop, or a transdermal gel. Or, for those
patients who are having a difficult time swallowing a capsule, a compounding pharmacist
can make a suspension instead.  Often parents have a tough time getting their children to take their medicine because of the bitter taste. A compounding pharmacist can work
directly with the physician and the patient to select a flavoring agent, such as vanilla
butternut or tutti frutti, that provides both an appropriate match for the medication's
properties and the patient's taste preferences. Compounding pharmacists also can help
patients who are experiencing chronic pain. For example, arthritic patients who cannot
take certain medications due to gastrointestinal side effects. Working with their physician,
a compounding pharmacist can provide them with a topical preparation with the
anti-inflammatory or analgesic their doctor prescribed for them.

Meeting Patient and Practitioner Needs
A compounding pharmacist emphasizes on meeting special needs. This may involve
compounding height/weight-appropriate pediatric medications, injections for impotency,
medications for veterinarians in a variety of dosage forms and flavors, alternatives in
hormone replacement therapy, or dosage options, such as transdermal gels, when
treating hospice patients. The ultimate goal in preparing any of these customized
medications is to help the physician and patient achieve patient compliance.

We specialize in …
·  Bio-Identical (NATURAL)  Hormone Therapy
·  Pain Management
·  Erectile Dysfunction
·  Veterinary Formulations
·  Anti-Aging Cosmetics
·  Flu Shot
·  Hard-To-Find Medications
·  Flavored Medications
·  Pediatric & Geriatric
·  & Much more!

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