Medication built around the patient
Specialty Compounding
When a commercially manufactured medication does not fit — the wrong dose, the wrong form, the wrong ingredients — we formulate one that does.
It all starts with a problem: the child who can't swallow pills, the patient with a gluten allergy, the much-needed drug that's in short supply. For whatever reason, many people aren't served by mass-produced medications. Triumph Pharmacy is able to provide a solution.
Compounding is very personal for patients, who know just how powerful personalized medicine can be. Our compounding pharmacists can tailor your prescription to the specific strength, dosage or delivery form you need — a suspension, a cream, a lozenge, a suppository, a flavored troche.
A problem-solving practice
"You'd be surprised how many adult clients I have who, for whatever reason, just can't swallow tablets," says Dr. Sandra How, the Doctor of Pharmacy who owns and runs Triumph Pharmacy. "We formulate the same medication that's in the tablet, only we put it into a suspension, a cream, a lollipop, a suppository or a lozenge so the patient can actually take it."
Her philosophy is that no matter the problem, there is a solution that will get the patient the medication they need. "I have a client who has hepatitis, so her liver can't metabolize medications well and her medications have become toxic to her. So we formulate her medication into a cream, and it bypasses the liver."
What we compound
Our patients are widely varied — from children who haven't yet learned to swallow pills, to Alzheimer's patients who have forgotten how. Triumph specializes in:
- Bio-identical hormone preparations
- Pain creams for cancer patients and chronic pain
- Orthopedic and sports injury preparations
- Sterile IV products and injections
- Specialized medications for patients with autism spectrum disorders
- Numbing and bleaching creams
- Back-ordered and discontinued medications
- Dye-free, gluten-free and lactose-free formulations
- Compounding for dentists, veterinarians, dermatologists, podiatrists and fertility specialists
All chemicals we work with are FDA-approved, and we can produce preparations that are simply not manufactured commercially. For Dr. How, collaboration with physicians, dentists and veterinarians sits at the centre of the practice.
How compounding works
Compounding is achieved through an essential triad: the patient, the physician and the pharmacist. The physician prescribes the medication. The pharmacist takes the necessary ingredients, compounds them, and dispenses the medicine to the patient after a thorough personal consultation. That structure lets patients receive genuinely personalized care, and lets the pharmacist provide patient-oriented services that conventional pharmacies often overlook.
A very old practice
Preparing medications by hand dates back to the origin of the pharmacy. Before large-scale manufacturing, in the 1930s and 1940s, nearly 60 percent of all medications were compounded. Since then the pharmacist's role shifted from formulator to dispenser of manufactured medication. Manufacturers produce a standard dose for every medication, and in many cases that poses a problem for the patient. At Triumph Pharmacy, a patient can have medication tailored to their individual needs.
Ready to talk about specialty compounding?
Bring us the prescription, or have your prescriber call us first. Either works.