Dose Unavailable

A powerful medicine may be available only in 25mg
and 50mg capsules. Yet, a doctor may find that the best dose is 40mg. We can prepare a dosage form that will contain exactly this amount. The patient doesn't have to take too much medicine, which is wasteful and could cause adverse effects, or too little medicine, which could be ineffective.

Dosage Form Unavailable

Medicines often are available only in tablets or
capsules. But, infants or individuals who have difficulty swallowing may need a liquid, suppository, or other dosage form. Strohecker's Pharmacy can compound these dosage forms to contain the medicines people need.

Medicine Unavailable

Pharmaceutical companies may stop making products for which there is limited demand. And, limited demand is likely to occur when a newer and, sometimes, more effective medicine comes into the market. However, some patients may respond better to a discontinued medicine than to its newer counterpart. If we can obtain the medicine in its chemical form, we can compound a prescription to contain the amount of medicine in the discontinued product.

Medicine Tastes Bad

Each commercial product usually is available in only one flavor. Some children and adults will find that flavor to be disagreeable. And, some individuals will not take a medicine because of bad taste. This is a special problem when a medicine must be taken for severall months or years to control a chronic health problem. We can prepare dosage forms in flavors that people like, can vary the flavor from time to time, and usually can mask an unpleasant aftertaste.

Known Allergy

Commercial medicines may contain flavors, preservatives, dyes, binders and/or excipients. If a patient is allergic to any of these ingredients, taking or using that medicine could result in unpleasant or life-threatening consequences. We can prepare medicines that are free of materials to which a patient is known to be allergic.

Inconvenient To Use

A patient may have a skin problem that does not respond to a single-ingredient prescription cream. The physician may want that patient also to use two other skin preparations. However, using three medicines from separate containers tends to be inconvenient and costly. We can compound all three medicines into a base that contains the needed concentration of each—a medicine that is much more convenient to use.