Compounding
What is Sterile Compounding & Who Needs it?
Sterile compounding is a process of creating medications that are administered in a way that has a high risk for infection.
January 26, 2023
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Sterile compounding is a process of creating medications that are administered in a way that has a high risk for infection.
Pain and discomfort from vaginal & vulvar conditions can be extremely uncomfortable and often requires medical intervention. It can affect women of different ages, sizes, and race all over the globe for various reasons. And other conditions like depression and anxiety can worsen the symptoms.
According to the National Health Interview Survey, nearly 50.2 million adults (20.5%) in the United States reported to experience pain on most days or everyday in 2019. The common locations of pain being in the back, hip, knee or foot.
Each individual is unique, and we all react differently to the things we take into our bodies. Given that, there are countless factors that affect how a person reacts to medications. It’s not a one-size-fits-all matter — that’s when compounding pharmacies like Eastern States Compounding step in.
Physicians work with compounding pharmacies for a variety of reasons. Patient needs differ, after all, and their individual needs should be addressed. Providers have been turning to compounding pharmacies for decades, especially when patients are not getting results from commercially produced medications, or maybe those medications include ingredients that contain allergens. On many occasions, a certain medication has been discontinued and must be custom made in a compounding pharmacy, like Eastern States Compounding.
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