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The World of Human Drug
Compounding: Hope and Change
WHAT IS PHARMACY COMPOUNDING?
We gave a quick denition of pharmacy compounding in Chapter 1. Inthis
chapter, we do a deeper analysis of what is pharmacy compounding.
According to the Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA),
pharmacy compounding is dened as follows:
Pharmacy compounding is the art and science of preparing personal-
ized medications for patients. Compounded medications are “madefrom
scratch”—individual ingredients are mixed together in the exact strength
and dosage form required by the patient. is method allows the
compounding pharmacist to work with the pat ...