What are the legal aspects of compounding?
As a prescriber in the US, a physician can readily order a compounded medication for anything when he/she feels it is the best route to take to medicate a patient. The FDA gives great deference to doctors to use their judgment about dosage forms, routes of administration, and medications needed to treat their patients. Compounding has been part of the health care system for over 400 years and is still used in all areas of pharmaceuticals today from hospitals to nuclear medicine. We will be glad to furnish you with updated information on new compounding laws as they pertain to pharmacists and physicians. A pharmacist’s or physician’s liability when using a compounded medication is no greater than when using a commercially available product. Both must still follow accepted guidelines of professional practice recognized by their respective professions. State boards of pharmacy test, license, and regulate the traditional practice of pharmacy including compounding. Recently, the National As
