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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

New legislation would help users identify source of a compounded drug


Filed Under: Michael Cohen
POSTED: Friday, November 2, 2012, 9:58 AM
By Michael R. Cohen, R.Ph.
In response to the national outbreak of fungal meningitis, it makes sense for healthcare providers to seriously consider whether they have an ethical and legal obligation to inform end users when they dispense high risk sterile products prepared by a compounding pharmacy. To do that, doctors who inject these products need to be informed of the source.
While some physicians order compounded preparations directly from external compounding pharmacies, others simply prescribe the compounded medication and leave it up to the pharmacy or office staff to secure it from a reputable source. Thus, they may not know that a drug has been compounded from non-sterile ingredients or by an external pharmacy.
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