Compounding
Welcare is a compounding pharmacy.
When you get a prescription filled at a traditional pharmacy, the medication is already made and ready to go. That’s the good news. But there are many times when someone needs that medicine in a different form. Or a different strength. Or without a certain ingredient they have a reaction to. There are many situations where the “ready to go” medicine isn’t right for every patient.
For all of these situations, Welcare compounds custom medicine.
Compounding medicine means our licensed, trained technicians make medicine from scratch, to a physician’s exact specifications. Using specialized equipment, our lab technicians can change a medicine’s form, so a medicine that usually comes in a capsule or pill can be given in a liquid instead. They can adjust the dose, or prepare it without ingredients that certain patients can’t tolerate.
Compounded medicine is customized medicine, made one prescription at a time to the precise needs of each patient. As a result, compounding can help fill in the gaps when the “ready to go” medicine isn’t quite right, by creating a version of the medicine that’s perfect in every way.
The benefits of working with Welcare Compounding Pharmacy:
Excellent service and years of compounding expertise
Customized dosing
Customized medicine forms, like transdermal gels, troches, “chewies” and lollipops
Customized formulations that are free of problem-causing ingredients like dyes, sugar, lactose, or alcohol
Custom combinations of different medicines into a single medicine
Creation of medications that are no longer available
Explore our Compounding Specialties
We collaborate with healthcare providers to solve all types of medicine challenges. If you have one, please get in touch.
Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement for Women
Dermatological Compounding
Testosterone for Men
Veterinary Compounding
Dental Compounding
Pain Management
Pediatric Compounding
When we say a “form,” what does that mean?
The way medicine is dispensed is referred to as the form. Pills and capsules are two of the most common forms for medicine. But there are others, and some forms offer unique benefits in the way they can deliver medicine. Compounding gives us the ability to make medicine in the best form for the patient. Here are some examples.
Transdermals or Topicals
Medicine doesn’t have to go in your mouth. Certain medicines can penetrate the skin and enter the bloodstream. This is ideal for some medicines, as they don’t get digested and processed before becoming active. They’re perfect for patients who have difficulty swallowing, nausea, or other impediments to oral medications. Transdermals can be creams, lotions, or gels.
Troches
This form does go in the mouth, but under the tongue until it dissolves. This technique also moves medicine directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract and becoming active much more quickly. Troches can be lozenges, freezer pops, chewable gummies, and lollipops. All of these forms can be flavored, making them more “attractive” to medicine-resistant kids.
Capsules
Capsules are often the best way to deliver medicine. They’re easy to take, store well, and don’t take up much space. Compounded capsules can contain multiple medicines in a single capsule.
Suppositories
Often used for simultaneous internal and external administration of medications, to treat hemorrhoids and other conditions.
