Pediatrics Compounding

Do you want a better way to give your child medicine?

Working closely with a pediatrician, a Beattie’s compounding pharmacist can create medications for just about anything a child can come up with. Children may sometimes refuse medicine just because it’s medicine. Most often, it’s because of the taste, texture, or odor. Compounding can change that without changing the medication’s effectiveness. Altering the dosage form can be very helpful. Options are: oral suspension, lollipops, “gummies”, topical gels, and effervescent drinks. Many children also have allergy issues and reactions to medications with sugar, lactose, gluten, casein, soy, or dyes.

Samples of Pediatric Oral Suspensions:

• Desonide Otic Solution for otic infections is similar to the commercially made Tridesilon Otic, which was discontinued by the manufacturer
• Baclofen
• Captopril
• Enalapril
• Sulfasalazine
• Lansoprazole
• Prednisolone Acetate
• Spironolactone
• Ursodiol
• Vancomycin
• Anesthetic lollipop preparations for mono, strep, or tonsillectomies.
• For Motion Sickness on planes, trains, and summer road trips we can create a lollipop with ginger root.
•  Cholestramine Ointment for Diaper Rash – with added glycerin, this product is thinned for better application. We also mill this preparation in order to reduce the particle size of the cholestyramine to make it less gritty. Nystatin can also be added if yeast/fungus is present.

Pediatric compounding is more effective than a “spoonful of sugar!”

Testimonial: “I just want to hug you right now…I’m in heaven!” a recent comment from a mom when she learned that we could make her son’s medication in “gummies”. He can’t swallow pills, grinding them and adding food wasn’t working and shots weren’t at the top of the list either. Now he can pick a flavor and take his medicine easily. SH / Erie

Great reading: For Kids, an Alternative Solution. www.americaspharmacist.net. April 2007