Flavoring of Medications

The pharmacist's at Rancho Park Compounding Pharmacy know that medication compliance can be a problem, especially for children. To make taking medicine more pleasant, we can flavor medication to a wide variety of tastes.
Flavor can improve the acceptability of nearly everything that passes the lips, whether it is food, beverages, toothpaste or medicine.

Using PCCA Flavors™, a pharmacy flavoring system offered by Professional Compounding Centers of America, Inc., Rancho Park Compounding Pharmacy has access to more than 100 flavors and flavor combinations, including: apple, blueberry, cherry-cola, eggnog custard, grape, Hawaiian pineapple, root beer float, tutti-frutti and watermelon. They also work with veterinarians, to flavor medications for pets, with choices like: beef, cheese, chicken, liver, and peanut butter for dogs; salmon, sardine and tuna for cats; and alfalfa and carrot cream for horses.

Reformulating medication by adding flavor is one example of pharmacy compounding, the pharmacy method of preparing medications to meet each prescriber's and patient's unique needs. In addition to flavoring medications, the compounding pharmacist can prepare medicine in a variety of dosage forms including: lollipops, troches or lozenges, syrups, capsules and ointments.

Compounding provides a viable option for solving patient medication problems. For example, many patients are allergic to commonly used fillers, dyes, binders and other additives that are a part of mass-produced medications. In addition, many medications are available only in limited strengths and dosages. Compounding pharmacists can help physicians and patients by customizing medications to solve specific needs.

Rancho Park Compounding Pharmacy's main concern is meeting patients' special needs. The pharmacy provides a full range of human and veterinary compounding services, including sterile compounding. We specialize in making sterile ophthalmic drops and injections and also injections for erectile dysfunction.

Rancho Park Compounding Pharmacy is open Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm, and on Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Pharmacy is located at the corner of Pico Blvd and Prosser in West Los Angeles. For more information, please call Diep, Marjan or Kaye at 310-475-3541 or by e-mail at: info@ranchoparkrx.com 

Ask a Pharmacist.  Rancho Park Compounding Pharmacy also provides pharmacists to answer your health questions.  You may submit or call us with any questions about compounding, our natural products, or other medication concerns.  Please call us at: (877) 226-6768 or feel free to email us: info@ranchoparkrx.com

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