Saturday, July 26, 2014

JAMA Extemporaneous Formulation or Compounding of Corticosteroids for Topical Usage

A number of extemporaneous corticosteroid preparations have been suggested in the literature. Unfortunately, this compounding of the corticosteroid and base is sometimes done without regard to the ultimate activity and stability of the product. A representative prescription filled by six pharmacies was compared with commercially formulated material. None of the six prescriptions was generally acceptable from the standpoint of pharmaceutical compounding, and all were inactive when tested in vasoconstriction studies.

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