Third Question of the Day March 11, 2014 How many times a day is a compounded prescription prepared at the suggestion of the compounding pharmacists? Is this wrong? Allowed? Does it depend on the facts? If for example a vet ask for a medication to treat a specific animal with a specific illness and the pharmacists says one does not exist but I can compound a preparation for you isn't that allowed? What about if a commerically available exist but the pharmacists suggest that some dogs won't swallow the pill and that a compounded preparation can be made in case this dog won't take the commerically available pill. Is that okay?

Shouldn't we first see if this dog will take the pill before we compound a patient-specific compound?  Thoughts on where the line is and/or should be drawn?