PAIN MANAGEMENT | Compounding

The Compounding Solution

Struggling with chronic pain due to arthritis, fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, or nerve and muscle pain doesn’t have to be a daily occurrence. There’s a better solution: pharmaceutical compounding. King’s Pharmacy and Compounding center can create a customized option for your pain medication.

Alternate Dosage Forms

Many commonly prescribed pain relief medications help the symptoms associated with chronic conditions such as arthritis, but they can also result in stomach irritation and other unwanted side effects. Compounding can provide alternate methods of delivery by combining the ingredients of traditional oral pain medications in a topical gel, cream, or spray that can be applied directly to the site of the pain. For migraine sufferers, pain medication may be administered through nasal sprays, flavored troches, or lozenges. These dosage forms bypass the gastrointestinal tract, providing optimal results with less GI irritation.

Combined Formulations

Fibromyalgia patients are often placed on a variety of medications to take care of all the symptoms associated with the disease. On many occasions, these multiple medications can be combined into a single compounded topical gel, ready to be applied directly to affected areas.

Strength Variations

Because patients vary in size, symptoms, and pain tolerance, commercially available medications often do not provide an appropriate dosage strength. Through compounding, a pharmacist can customize a medication to the exact amount needed by the patient. Pain can be debilitating whether it’s acute muscle or nerve pain resulting from an accident or a chronic condition such as arthritis or fibromyalgia. Compounding is effective in providing relief with potentially fewer side effects while taking the proper therapeutic dose.