FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
At Key Compounding Pharmacy, we're here to answer all your questions! This FAQ section provides quick and helpful information about for Healthcare Providers. If you can't find what you're looking for, our friendly staff is always ready to assist. Check back regularly as we continue to expand and update this page with the latest information to better serve you.
Do you compound medications for office use only?
We do not compound medications for OFFICE USE. We only ship pursuant to a valid prescription prescribed for a specific patient.
Do Compounded Medications Require FDA Approval?
The FDA approval process is intended for mass-produced drugs made by manufacturers. Because compounded medications are personalized for individual patients, the federal government has approved the use of compounded medications for those individuals who have received a prescription for that specific compounded medication.
Have you ever had a patient who had difficulty taking the medication you prescribed?
You’re not alone. Patient non-compliance is a familiar challenge and can result in the treatment being less effective than it should be.
Common reasons for patient non-compliance may include:
- Stomach upset when taking oral medication
- Reluctance to take the medication due to its taste
- Issues with the route of administration, such as difficulty swallowing pills
- Requiring a different dose of medication than that which is available from a manufacturer
- Difficulty keeping track of multiple medications
- Patients who don’t want to take medication at all, especially children or pets
A compounding pharmacist may be able to provide solutions for challenges such as these. Working closely with the patient and the prescriber, compounding gives the pharmacist the means to customize medication to meet the individual needs of each patient.
What kind of prescriptions can be compounded?
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Hospice
- Pediatrics
- Pain management
- Ophthalmology
- Dentistry
- Otic
- Dermatology
- Medication flavoring
- Neuropathy
- Veterinary
- Sports medicine
- Wound therapy
- Podiatry
- Gastroenterology
- And many more
Physician Organizations
- Washington State Association of Naturopathic Physicians (WANP)
www.wanp.org - American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)
www.naturopathic.org - Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM)
www.functionalmedicine.org/
Key2health Webinar for Pharmacist
Key Compounding Pharmacy believes it is important to promote the continuing education of members of the pharmacy profession. Pharmacists play a key role in facilitating the physician-patient communication and the successful implementation of treatment plans.
Rapid changes in genomics, medical technology, medically oriented consumer electronics, biomaterials, artificial intelligence and tissue engineering are pointing the way to a radically different future for medicine. In addition to changing the way diagnoses are made and therapies applied, these developments will create a major shift in the traditional patient-physician relationship.
Key Compounding Pharmacy through its Key2Health Professional Webinar Series is helping to foster awareness of these new developments and evolve their practices to meet the new clinical future. Our Key2Health Professional Webinar Series offer continuing education credits to pharmacists through the Washington State Association of Pharmacists (WSAP).
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For any other questions, please write us at [email protected] or call us on 800.878.1322.