The new WHO-ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people. In the Valley of the Sun Phoenix pharmacy, we do more than just follow your medical prescriptions, we are the local protector of your health, following the prescriptions when you need them, especially those that require more than taking pills in a bottle. We are also committed to improving health with vitamin supplements for our clients in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale and Tempe. What is compounding? You may have heard a little about the pharmacy recipe. You may even know someone who uses compound medicines. However, you may still be wondering, "what is a connection?" Remember years ago when your grandmother made delicious homemade chocolate cake from scratch? She started with high-quality flour, added sugar, eggs, milk, butter, baking powder, salt, chocolate and Viola, a delicious homemade chocolate cake was created! Like pie, mixing the right ingredients in a certain way is the main practice that takes hold of the art of making medicine. Prescribing is a skilled art and science in creating individually formulated drugs. A prescription pharmacist is specifically trained to create custom-made medicines based on specific ingredients prescribed by your doctor or health care provider. A few years ago, before standardized production, all medicines were formulated. So what are the benefits of compounding? The biggest advantage of the formulation is that it improves patient compliance. Due to the fact that the medicines taste better, they are easier to swallow, they do not contain allergy-causing ingredients, they are well dosed or converted into more absorbable forms, and the adherence to the dosage regimen is significantly improved. And believe it or not, but it makes the cure faster! Many people cannot or do not want to swallow drugs. Flavors such as coconut, tutti frutti, grapes, chewing gum, vanilla or peanut butter can make the medicine taste good if swallowed. The use of a unique composition, such as lozenges, sublingual pieces, lollipops or special baby soothers, significantly reduces the likelihood of missing a dose when working with children and adults with special needs. Children and older people tend to benefit most from mixing. Other specialized prescribing applications include sports medicine, pain management, men's health, anti-aging cosmeceuticals, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), dentistry, hospice and veterinary medicine. Professional athletes must remain in the game to win; and the use of compound drugs is their secret! When recovering from hard training and game injuries, athletes use specially formulated creams, balms and gels to relieve pain and control pain. Anesthesia is the main reason people seek help from their doctor. When seeking help with pain, people are often prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), muscle relaxants and other drugs that are absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. The problem is that some people may experience unpleasant and dangerous side effects. By using an alternative delivery system, such as a cream, gel or suppository, the same therapeutic benefits can be achieved, while significantly reducing or completely avoiding the negative side effects of the drugs. How awesome it is! Compound drugs come in many forms. The benefits of improved compliance, better symptom control and a more pleasant therapeutic experience make them very attractive to both the patient and the practitioner. If you think that you or someone you know may benefit from the treatment, talk with your doctor or healthcare provider about the combination! Feel free to call us at (602) 896-0454 or contact your questions or concerns. We are a Pharmacy dedicated to serving our customers well in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as helping you with your medical care, doctor's prescription, and delivery requirements.

International push to improve food safety

WHO appoints directors for Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions

Periodically, we get asked about the safety of Canadian Internet pharmacies. We recently ran across a website, oaktreecanadianpharmacy.com, that illustrates our concerns pretty well. At first glance, oaktreecanadianpharmacy.com looks like it must be a legitimate, safe Internet pharmacy. It says �All prescriptions dispensed by Granville Pharmacy,� and provides an address in British Columbia. It has the name and picture of the licensed pharmacist, Dawn Polley. Indeed, the pharmacy in question, Granville Pharmacy, has a pharmacy license. But then, dig a bit deeper. First, the FAQs ask, �Do you ship to Canada?� The answer: �At this time we do not ship any of our products to Canada.� Huh? We thought that all of the prescriptions were dispensed by �Granville Pharmacy� in British Columbia. Why would a legitimate Canadian pharmacy not ship to addresses in Canada? The answer is that Granville Pharmacy isn�t providing US residents drugs from the same source that Canadian customers receive drugs from. To be clear, if you are in Canada, Granville Pharmacy most likely provides drugs that are �Health Canada-approved.� But if you are in the US, at least some of the drugs do not come from the same source or supply chain. In other words, they can�t ship drugs ordered from this website to Canada because the drugs aren�t really approved in Canada, so they�d potentially be violating Canadian law if they did so. What typically happens with licensed Canadian �International� Internet pharmacies is, the orders will be routed to a supply center outside of either the US or Canada, such as in Turkey, Barbados, India or elsewhere, and then shipped to US residents. The drug costs are lower than they would be for genuine Health Canada-approved drugs from the actual Canadian pharmacy, which improves the profit margin for the pharmacy. This would not be legal for orders shipped to Canada, which is why the website won�t accept orders shipped to Canada. It also isn�t legal in the US, because the drugs are considered unregulated, falling outside of the FDA-approved supply chain. In short, the drugs may be perfectly safe and genuine, or they may not be � and pharmaceuticals that are substandard, adulterated, knock-offs or even counterfeit have been found in the supply of drugs sourced this way. So why don�t the authorities crack down on this? Well, because the �pharmacy� is outside US jurisdiction, US-based pharmacy regulators have no authority to stop it; because the customer/patient is outside Canada, the Canadian authorities have no jurisdiction to stop it. In addition to the fact that the drugs are considered unregulated, it�s important to note the lack of transparency. Combining the domain name, the address in Canada, the pharmacy licensed in Canada, and the picture of a Canadian pharmacist, everything about the website is designed to reassure Internet users that the drugs are coming from Canada, and that US residents are getting the same assurances of safety and authenticity that a Canadian resident would receive. But if that were the case, why wouldn�t the website accept orders from Canada? Furthermore, consider the domain name registration for oaktreecanadianpharmacy.com. Instead of being openly registered to Granville Pharmacy, it utilizes an anonymous domain name registration service with an address in Madiera, Portugal. It�s not unreasonable to ask why � and what the domain name registrant wants to keep hidden from the public. Although it wouldn�t make it legal or safe, oaktreecanadianpharmacy.com should be open and transparent about the source of drugs. If the drugs come from India, Turkey, or elsewhere, Granville Pharmacy should state that up front � not disseminate information leading Internet users in other countries to believe that they are being afforded the same drug safety protections that Canadian residents receive.