Compounding Versions
Maybe you have seen a “compounded version” of a prescription before and asked yourself what is that?
What is a compounded version of a weight loss drug or a pain cream.
A compounded version is a cream or an ointment or an injectable sourced from a compounding pharmacy, which is a pharmacy that is regulated by the state that is designed to create formulations in-house.
Compounding Pharmacy
You might be asking the question to yourself. What Is a compounding pharmacy?
A compounding pharmacy is like a pharmacy that existed many many years ago.
Before CVS and Walgreens, You used to go to a pharmacist and the pharmacist would create a formulation for you right there.
Maybe you’d wait a couple hours for the pharmacist to complete the order they received from the doctor, but you’d get that formulation many times the same day. It was created in-house from a concoction the pharmacist made.
We’ve gotten so advanced and methodical with mass production these days, That we tend to forget that a pharmacist is licensed specifically to create formulations … When a doctor said “I need such and such” and they’d fill it out on their pad or call them on the phone, the pharmacist would create the cream, powder, pill or potion right there and create it for the patient.
When World War 1 happened that’s when things really changed with bulk production. But a compounding pharmacy still operates today creating all kinds of products to help certain patients who get something slightly different from what the major drug companies are providing – which are drugs that are mostly cookie cutter solutions.
This is a way to create a more affordable alternative and to prevent a monopolistic system of one corporation controlling an active ingredient that is intended to help you.
These compounding pharmacies are run by licensed pharmacists who are able to use the same active ingredient as many of the brand names you see advertised on TV. And the pharmacy is regulated by the state. The pharmacists make all kinds of products based on their years of license, training, expertise, and research.
The pharmacy background
To reiterate, a licensed pharmacist spends years in school obtaining their undergraduate degree and then their 4 year pharmacy program. Then, they have their years of understudy and training before they ever make compounded drugs. Pharmacists understand the active ingredients that work for the intended result, and they create their own formulations using those active ingredients.
For example, if they put together a hormonal cream they may use an active ingredient like estrogen or progesterone or testosterone in it. They may take their powders with active ingredients in it and then add in a solubilizing agent to create a cream. Then, it gets packaged and delivered.
You may be wondering how OWL is able to offer a similar active ingredient for a reduced price from what you see such as a weight loss injectable advertised by a large company.
Large companies tend to have a patent on a drug which is important for companies to have to allow for a large investment in R&D production and marketing, but they would monopolize medicine and beneficial uses if every licensed pharmacist in the country was not able to create a similar formulation.
Compounding pharmacies are essentially exempt from certain types of patent infringement because they are allowed to fulfill a specific order as opposed to stocking up on medication for mass distribution.
This allows us to be very competitive on pricing while still using the same active ingredient in a treatment. Our compounded solutions are sent from trusted licensed pharmacists who are well trained, reputable, and understand the active ingredients very well to compound a formula that is safe and effective.
We hope you choose OWL for your prescription needs! We are a trusted name in medicine and we source the highest quality products from some of the best compounding pharmacies in the country.
We take health seriously and we know you do. The care for our patients is first and foremost.
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