The Compounding Pharmacy: From Humble Roots
We have come a long way from the traditional compounding pharmacy, which dates back hundreds of years. Picture the village apothecary, bending over his mortar and pestle by the light of an oil lamp to prepare a special elixir or poultice for a sick patient. Their successors, pharmacists, might have more ingredients, tools, and instruments, but they serve the same valuable role as a local source of drugs, prepared in doses or formulations that are not commercially available to treating clinicians (Figure).Continue to read here
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