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Compounding
Please see Compatibility and Stability of Parenteral Drugs for additional information
| General | Formulas | Characteristics of Specific Drugs |
Sterile |
Calculations |
General Compounding
Websites:
- CompoundingToday - $
- Consumer Health Alliance for Safe Medication (CHASM) (Allergy and Asthma Network)
- International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
- Letco Medical
- Medisca
- Paddock Laboratories, Inc.
- Pharmacy Compounding (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board
- Professional Compounding Centers of America
- Pharmacy Times
- Specialty Pharmacy Times
Journals/Newsletters:
Recommended texts & electronic resources are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information:
- A Practical Guide To Contemporary Pharmacy Practice (Thompson & Davidow, 3rd ed. 2009) - $
- Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems (Allen et al. 9th ed. 2010) - $
- Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing (Marriott et al. 2nd ed. 2010) - $
- Pharmaceutical Practice (Winfield et al. 4th ed. 2009) - $
- Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy (USIP, 21st ed. 2005) - $
- The Art, Science, and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding (Allen/APhA, 3rd ed. 2008) - $
- USP Pharmacists' Pharmacopeia - $
- US Pharmacopeia-National Formulary (USP-NF) - $
Formulas for Compounding
Websites:
- Compounding Formula Database (CompoundingToday) - $
- Compounding Formulas from Recent Journal Literature (Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy)
- Compounding Recipes Index (The Hospital for Sick Children Compounding Service)
- Extemporaneous Compounding Worksheets (Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin)
- Formulations for Compounds (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario)
- IWK Formulas for Compounding (IWK Health Centre)
- Secundum Artem (Paddock Laboratories, Inc.)
Oseltamivir Compounding
- Directions for the Emergency Compounding of an Oral Suspension from TAMIFLU Capsules (Roche Laboratories)
- H1N1 Information for Health Care Professionals (IWK Health Centre)
Journals/Newsletters:
- Contemporary Compounding. Regular column in US Pharmacist - $
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding - $
Recommended texts & electronic resources are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information:
- Allen's Compounded Formulations: The Complete US Pharmacist Collection (Allen/APhA, 2003) - $
- Extemporaneous Formulations for Pediatric, Geriatric, and Special Needs Patients (Jew et al. 2nd ed. 2010) - $
- Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (36th ed. 2009) - $
- Micromedex - $
- Pediatric Drug Formulations (Nahata et al. 5th ed. 2003) - $
- Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing (Marriott et al. 2nd ed. 2010) - $
- Pocket Book of Extemporaneous Formulations (IWK Health Centre, 2006) - $
- The Art, Science, and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding (Allen/APhA, 3rd ed. 2008) - $
- The British Pharmacopoeia - $
- The Ghen and Rains Physicians' Guide to Pharmaceutical Compounding (Ghen & Rains, 2000) - $
- Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations (Trissel/APhA, 4th ed. 2008) - $
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Characteristics of Specific Drugs
Recommended texts & electronic resources are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information:
- Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients (Rowe et al. 6th ed. 2009) - $
- Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (36th ed. 2009) - $
- The British Pharmacopoeia - $
- The Merck Index (14th ed. 2006) - $
- Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations (Trissel/APhA, 4th ed. 2008) - $
- USP Dictionary - $
- (USP-NF) - $
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Sterile Compounding
Websites:
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Sterile Compounding: A Guide for Community Pharmacists (Ontario College of Pharmacists)
Recommended texts & electronic resources are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information:
- Compounding Sterile Preparations (Buchanan & Schneider/ASHP, 3rd ed. 2009) - $
- Handbook on Injectable Drugs (Trissel/ASHP, 16th ed. 2010) - $
- USP <797> Guidebook to Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparations - $
Video:
- Compounding Sterile Preparations Video Training Program (ASHP, 2009) - $
- Pharmacy Procedures for Sterile Product Preparation Video (CSHP and CPhA, 2005) - $
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Calculations for Compounding
Recommended texts are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information:
- Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations (Rees et al. 3rd ed. 2010) - $
- Pharmaceutical and Clinical Calculations (Kahn & Reddy, 2nd ed. 2000) - $
- Pharmaceutical Calculations (Ansel, 13th ed. 2009) - $
- Pharmaceutical Calculations (Zatz & Teixeira, 4th ed. 2005) - $
- Pharmaceutical Calculations: The Pharmacist's Handbook (Ansel & Prince, 2003) - $
- Pharmaceutical Calculations Workbook (Rees & Smith, 2005) - $
$ - Resource is not freely available on the Internet links to electronic resources accessible online for Dal-affiliated persons