Of Consuming Interest - 06/04/10

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David Miller is the Executive Vice President of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists which represents over 2,000 pharmacists and technicians who focus on the specialty practice of pharmacy compounding.  The mission of the Academy is to protect, promote and advance the art and science of Pharmacy compounding.

Discusses the importance of Pharmacy compounding.  Since the 1930s Pharmaceutical companies have standardized medications and manufactured them in bulk quantities.  Not everyone can used these standardized medications.  It does not leave room for adjusting dosages for organ operation level in young children, the aging populations and those with allergies.  Pharmacy schools used to require compounding cases.  In the last 20 years, the study of compounding has become less common place.