Application of USP-NF Standards to Pharmacy Compounding

Author(s):  Bormel Gail, Valentine Joseph G, Williams Roger L

Issue:  Sep/Oct 2003 - After the Women's Health Initiative Trial
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Abstract:  The authors, two attorneys and one physician with the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., discuss standards in terms of those applied to both manufactured and compounded drugs, those applied to compounded drugs and recipes for compounded products. They conclude that compounded preparations are a useful therapeutic element and that together federal and state officials, the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., practitioners, consumers and others can create an environment to allow patients to receive well-compounded preparations that contribute to their health and well-being.

Related Keywords: USP-NF standards, for compounding, United States Pharmacopeia/National Formulary standards, for compounding

Related Categories: LEGAL, SUPPORT, QUALITY CONTROL, FREE SAMPLES, UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA CONVENTIONS

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