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PEDIATRICS

When a child simply can't take their medicine, or the size or dosage isn't appropriate, it may be time to call Custom Medicine Pharmacenter. Our compounding pharmacists can customize medication to meet a child's individual needs. 

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Many children have difficulty swallowing capsules or tablets. Pediatricians and compounding pharmacists can work together to find alternative dosage forms for your child.

Pediatric Dosage Forms

Flavored Suspensions

Turns yucky tablets into yummy liquid

Emollient Cream

Great for dermatological conditions

Lip Balm Applicators

Super for "spot" application

Oral Syringes

Improve dosing accuracy

Pediatric Dosing Bottle

Provides a convenient, familiar way to deliver medication

Troches

Lozenges that dissolve in the mouth

Pediatric Flavors

We can flavor liquid medications to make them easier for children to take. This is particularly important with medications that needs to be taken for an extended period of time. With a choice of almost 50 flavors, we can make just about any medication taste better!

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Discuss the possibility of having Custom Medicine compound a therapy with your physician. Or, we can contact him or her on your behalf and work together to develop a treatment plan tailored to fit your child's body and your lifestyle.

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Compounding Needs for Children

Adult Formulations

We can make adult

medications in

pediatric doses.

Commercially Unavailable Treatment

The most appropriate treatments for problems such as diaper rash may not be commercially available, but we can formulate ointments and creams to your specifications.

Improved Compliance

For children who have difficulty swallowing pills, gelatin troches provide a fun way to take medicine.

Discontinued
Medications

When a medication such as, nitrofurantoin suspension is no longer available, we can recreate the preparation for you.

Lactose/
Preservative/Dye-Free Medications

Allows medication delivery for patients with sensitivities. 

Various Delivery Systems and Alternative Dosage Forms

We can put pills into liquid forms or liquids into suppositories...whatever is easiest for the child. We also reformulate any medication to be delivered via G-tube.

Sugar-Free Medications

An alternative for diabetic and PKU patients.

Specialty Treatments

Medications can be made in higher dosages and percentages for patients who don't respond.

Ask Us About Compounded Medications For:

  • Acid Reflux

  • Acne/Skin Disorders

  • Allergies

  • Anesthesia

  • Antibiotics/Anti-Virals

  • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD)

  • Autism

  • Transdermal Secretin

  • Canker Sores/Mouth Ulcers

  • Cold Sores

  • Constipation

  • Diaper Rash

  • Dye-Free Medications

  • Eczema

  • Fever

  • Flavoring Medications

  • GERD

  • Head Lice (Resistant)

  • Intestinal Infection

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

  • Liquid Vitamin

  • Supplementation

  • Nausea

  • Oral Thrush​

  • Pain

  • Premature Apnea Therapy

  • Pre-operative Sedation

  • Respiratory Disorders

  • Stimulants

  • Sugar-Free Medications

  • Topical Anesthetics

  • Urinary Complications

  • Warts

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