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| O'Brien Pharmacy > Insurance FAQs > Custom Compounded Medications are not Created Equal |
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Custom Compounded
Medications are not Created Equal 1. Is the laboratory board-certified by the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists? 2. Are the chemicals from an FDA-inspected facility that verifies purity and content by mass spectrograph and gas chromatography? 3. Is the laboratory backed by a 200 page policy and procedure manual? 4. Is compounding software utilized to verify procedure, technique and accuracy, and to track lot numbers and expiration dates? 5. Is it staffed by pharmacists with a minimum of 30 continuing education hours each year dedicated to compounding? 6. Is the laboratory equipped with more than $50,000.00 in equipment and inventory? 7. Is the formula written, tested and approved by a staff of pharmacists and biochemists? These are the highest standards of modern prescription compounding. If the answers to these questions are anything but yes, the prescriptions may be substandard and issues of safety, effectiveness and liability may arise. |