Bellevue Pharmacy specializes in compounding speciality prescriptions from U.S. licensed physicians. Bellevue Pharmacy will dispense prescription drugs only after receiving a valid prescription in accordance with U.S. federal law.

Compounding Defined

The preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or device as the result of a practitioner, patient, pharmacist relationship in the course of professional practice. A customized medication prepared by a pharmacist according to a doctor's specifications to meet an individual patient need. Pharmacists make medications from scratch using raw chemicals, powders and devices.

Compounding: The Need

The basis of the profession of pharmacy has always been the "Triad", the patient-physician-pharmacist relationship. Through this relationship, patient needs are determined and decisions are made about treatment regimens that may include a compounded medication, including but not limited to:

Medications that are not commercially available -

Compounding allows the physician to prescribe a custom-tailored medication that is not available commercially.

Medications that are not stable -

Pharmacists prepare small quantities of a prescription more frequently to ensure stability of the product for its intended use.

Altered commercially available medications -

A patient may be allergic to a preservative or dye in a manufactured product that compounding pharmacists can prepare a dye-free or preservative-free dosage form. Some patients have difficulty swallowing a capsule and require a troche or lozenge.