Curexa

When your medicine is not right for you, customized meds can help. Mark Taylor, Pharmacist and owner of Curexa Specialty and compounding pharmacy in Egg Harbor, New Jersey, explains the process for customized medication.

Sterile compounding is the preparation of custom medications for patients in a sterile environment to prevent contamination and keep patients safe.

  Over the past decade, there has been a rise in chronic conditions in our country. These include: Hepatitis Rheumatoid Arthritis Diabetes HIV/AIDS Multiple Sclerosis Hemophilia Crohn’s Disease Cancers As more of the population is in need of treatment methods that will address their specific illness, the development of medications which can allow for better management is also on the rise. By ...

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Before drugs were manufactured in factories, pharmacists prepared them by hand according to recipes in small quantities. Technology has advanced to enable drugs to be made in large amounts, but the need for customized dosage strengths and form still exists. Compounding is the problem-solving pharmacy service prescribers and patients use to get the medication they need.