Compounded Preparations

Compounded preparations are medications that are custom-mixed by licensed pharmacists or compounding facilities to meet the specific needs of individual patients. Unlike mass-produced pharmaceutical products, compounded medications are prepared on a per-patient basis when commercially available formulations are unsuitable due to factors such as allergies to inactive ingredients, need for a different dosage form, requirement for a specific strength not commercially available, or need for a combination of active ingredients in a single preparation.

Compounding encompasses a wide range of preparation types, including custom-strength capsules and tablets, flavored liquid formulations for pediatric patients, topical creams and ointments with tailored active ingredient combinations, sterile preparations for injection or infusion, and hormone replacement therapy preparations. Each compounded medication must be prepared according to strict quality standards, including United States Pharmacopeia (USP) chapters 795 (non-sterile) and 797 (sterile compounding).

The prescribing and management of compounded preparations requires specialized workflows that differ from standard prescription processing. Prescriptions must include detailed formulation specifications, and pharmacies must maintain records of each preparation's components, procedures, and quality checks. Digital platforms that support compounding must handle these extended data requirements while maintaining integration with standard prescribing and dispensing workflows.

Formidable Care provides a dedicated compounded preparations management platform that streamlines the prescribing, formulation, preparation tracking, and dispensing of custom-compounded medications. The platform supports the unique data requirements of compounding workflows while integrating with standard prescription management and pharmacy systems.