RYE — The licenses of a longtime city-based pharmacist and his specialty pharmacy have been suspended for compounding medicine without individual patient prescriptions, according to documents obtained by The Journal News. He is also charged with failing to alert patients who were at risk of using contaminated medicine.
The state Board of Regents took the disciplinary actions in January against Steven J. Cosentino and Rockwell Compounding Associates, at 350 Theodore Fremd Ave.
Neither Cosentino, who was licensed in 1978, nor his company, licensed in 2004, held registrations as a manufacturer or wholesaler, which are required to produce medicine in bulk.
Compounding is the creation of a pharmaceutical product tailored to individual patients. It can be done in a variety of ways, such as changing medication from a solid pill to a liquid, avoiding ingredients to which the patients may be allergic, or by creating exact doses.
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The state Board of Regents took the disciplinary actions in January against Steven J. Cosentino and Rockwell Compounding Associates, at 350 Theodore Fremd Ave.
Neither Cosentino, who was licensed in 1978, nor his company, licensed in 2004, held registrations as a manufacturer or wholesaler, which are required to produce medicine in bulk.
Compounding is the creation of a pharmaceutical product tailored to individual patients. It can be done in a variety of ways, such as changing medication from a solid pill to a liquid, avoiding ingredients to which the patients may be allergic, or by creating exact doses.
continue to read here