What's Up Bracebridge Gravenhurst January 2010
What's Up Bracebridge Gravenhurst January 2010
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COMING EVENTS<br />
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Dispensary pharmacist Connor Moggach is looking forward to offering custom compounding service<br />
for customers. Shown here are some of the products and equipment used for compounding.<br />
Photograph: Sandy Lockhart<br />
Compounding allows<br />
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custom treatment<br />
What if you could have your medication tailored<br />
to meet your individual health needs? At The Dispensary,<br />
Remedy’s Rx, you can now that it has added<br />
a compounding room in its new pharmacy location.<br />
According to the Association of Compounding<br />
Pharmacists of Canada, compounding is a way for<br />
physicians and health care providers to order custom<br />
medications for their patients. The patient could be<br />
allergic to preservatives or dyes in brand name medications<br />
or may need a different strength than what<br />
is available from the manufacturer. Occasionally<br />
compounding is needed to simply change the form<br />
or flavour of a medication to make it easier to take.<br />
The Dispensary’s pharmacist Connor Moggach<br />
has special compound training and is looking forward<br />
to making more options available to their<br />
clients.<br />
“We are looking to expand the compound production<br />
in the store,” she says.<br />
She recently participated in special compound<br />
training in early December with an innovative company.<br />
She is now linked to an expert team of pharmacists<br />
specializing in compounds.<br />
There are many reasons for compounding, she<br />
explains.<br />
“There are some drugs that have been taken off<br />
the market, not because they are dangerous but<br />
because of the limited demand,” she says.<br />
Some of those can be prescribed in a compound<br />
when they would otherwise be unavailable.<br />
“For chronic pain, pills don’t always do the trick,”<br />
she says, explaining that there are different combinations<br />
of creams that can be used for pain treatment.<br />
“For wound treatment, there are medications normally<br />
taken orally that can have a skin healing effect<br />
in a cream,” she says.<br />
Also, compounding can make medications more<br />
palatable or a better experience. For example, a dentist<br />
can give a child medication in a sucker to numb<br />
the inside of their mouth before giving a needle for<br />
freezing.<br />
Pets use many similar medications to humans but<br />
in much smaller portions, which is another use for<br />
compounding.<br />
“You can’t 1/5 a pill for a five-pound dog or cat<br />
but you can use the raw materials and make a compound<br />
for pets,” says Moggach.<br />
Since cats can be difficult to treat, their medications<br />
can often be transformed into a compound<br />
simply rubbed into their ears once or twice per day.<br />
For accuracy, creams or lotions can even be administered<br />
with a syringe to ensure an accurate dose is<br />
given.<br />
Moggach explains compounding is just another<br />
way the pharmacy is catering to individual needs.<br />
Each compound is made “just for you,” she says.<br />
16 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2010</strong> www.whatsupmuskoka.com
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