Compounded treatments
Medication prepared for one patient — you — by a US-based, FDA-registered compounding pharmacy.
What is compounding?
Compounding is the practice of preparing a customized medication tailored to an individual patient's needs. A compounding pharmacy prepares each prescription individually, allowing for personalized dosages, combinations of ingredients, and delivery methods that may not be available in standard commercial products.
Compounding has a long history in medicine — effectively all medications were compounded before mass manufacturing. Today, compounding pharmacies operate under state and federal regulatory oversight and use pharmaceutical-grade ingredients.
What compounding makes possible
Personalized dosing
Your medication is prepared at your prescribed dose rather than limited to the standard strengths available commercially, so your provider can adjust in smaller increments.
Customized combinations
Multiple hormones or medications can be combined into a single preparation, simplifying your regimen.
Alternative delivery methods
If you have difficulty with pills or prefer a different route, compounding offers topical creams, sublingual tablets and injections.
Allergen-conscious formulations
Preparations can be made without particular dyes, fillers or preservatives when a patient has a documented sensitivity.
Bioidentical hormones
Compounding allows bioidentical hormones to be prepared in individualized doses and combinations that commercial products may not offer.
Continuity of access
When a commercial medication is in shortage or has been discontinued, compounding can help maintain access to a needed therapy.
When compounding makes sense
Commercially manufactured medications are made in fixed doses designed for a general population, and for many patients an FDA-approved commercial product is the right choice — it has been through premarket review for safety and effectiveness, and your provider will recommend one where it fits.
Compounding becomes useful when a commercial product does not fit the clinical situation. That might mean:
- A dose between the available commercial strengths, or one that needs adjusting in small increments
- A combination of medications that is not commercially available in a single preparation
- A delivery route — cream, sublingual, injection — that a patient needs or tolerates better
- A documented sensitivity to a dye, filler or preservative in the commercial product
- A shortage or discontinuation affecting access to a needed medication
Your provider will discuss which approach is appropriate for you, including the trade-off: a compounded preparation offers flexibility that a commercial product cannot, but it has not undergone the FDA premarket review that a commercial product has.
Our commitment to quality
- All medications are compounded by a US-based, FDA-registered compounding pharmacy
- The pharmacy operates under applicable state and federal quality and safety requirements
- Every prescription is reviewed and overseen by your licensed provider at Aries Health and Wellness
- Treatment is monitored with follow-up lab work and regular check-ins
Questions about your medication?
Your provider will walk you through exactly what is being prescribed and why.