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What is the difference between a "regular" pharmacy and a compounding pharmacy?

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Dr. Edward Kuhnley answered

Specializes in Child Psychiatry

The FDA defines: Pharmacy compounding as a practice in which a licensed pharmacist combines, mixes, or alters ingredients in response to a prescription to create a medication tailored to the medical needs of an individual patient. A regular pharmacy fills prescriptions from pre-compounded stock.

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Answered 12/31/2016

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