by Elaine Blieden | May 11, 2016
Over the years Expert Compounding Pharmacy has filled prescriptions for many discontinued medications and medications that are unavailable due to a manufacturer’s shortage. These situations may occur when a medication becomes less profitable causing companies to stop...
by Elaine Blieden | May 11, 2016
It is hard to believe that I have been compounding for 26 years. I had been a pharmacist who worked in retail pharmacy filling 300-400 prescriptions a day which for the most part meant either counting or pouring commercial medications. In 1984 I was offered a position...
by Elaine Blieden | Feb 11, 2016
About 10 years ago our pharmacy received a prescription from a doctor that was treating a patient with Vulvodynia. I knew very little about this condition so I decided to do some research. I subsequently learned that this doctor was an authority on Vulvodynia....
by Elaine Blieden | Nov 5, 2015
With the gluten free diet skyrocketing in popularity, those in the healthcare field should know that celiac disease is a serious autoimmune disease and ingestion of gluten can lead to long term damage of the small intestine or worse. Pharmacists need to be aware that...