With the rising demand for weight-loss medications, compounding pharmacies have been making headlines lately. On October 30, the FDA announced that all doses of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy ...

Unlike conventional pharmacies, which mostly dispense premade drugs in standard doses, compounding pharmacies make, or "compound," medications on the premises, according to federal guidelines. For ...

A compounding pharmacy can prepare customized medications to fit your needs—but there are some things to be aware of. Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not ...

(StatePoint) Most consumers know how a traditional pharmacy works. Far fewer are aware of an alternative option: a compounding pharmacy. Here’s everything you need to know about these specialized ...

It is easy to differentiate between your local community pharmacy and a large pharmaceutical manufacturer. The pharmacy is viewed as dispensing medications to particular patients with prescriptions ...

Jennie Smith, a seamstress at a ballet school in Kent, Ohio, had been trying to lose weight and keep it off for years. After losing 60 pounds through dieting only to gain 30 of it back, she wanted to ...

Everyone is a little different and that’s something that Modern Alchemist Compounding Pharmacy understands to the fullest. Through the utilization of new technologies and techniques, while keeping ...

This story is part of a series called "Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits." It was produced in part through a grant from the NIHCM Foundation. Shortages of popular new weight-loss drugs have ...

The need for a high-performing hospital pharmacy has never been clearer. Increasingly complex drug therapies, fluctuating demand for critical medications, and escalating staffing shortages are just a ...