Medical Information

A typical tablet or capsule contains many non-medicinal ingredients in addition to the active ingredient. These are added to assist in the manufacturing process or to visually enhance a product’s esthetic appearance. Some patients are sensitive to these non-medicinal ingredients. In many cases we are able to prepare a medication without the offending ingredient, so that you can benefit from the therapeutic effects of the medication, while helping to avoid the side effects of the additive.

Some older-but still effective-medications are gradually discontinued by the manufacturer. Additionally, periodic drug shortages and back-orders have become a growing problem in Canada. If you are well controlled on one of these medications, a discontinuation or shortage can leave you at risk of either having to make a switch in therapy or to go without your medication. We are often capable of compounding these medications while they are backordered or discontinued to ensure your treatment can be continued without interruption.

• Tapering off medications: we can assist you to gradually wean off a medication.
• SSRI discontinuation: we offer a proprietary Step-Wise™10X10 Tapering Kit to help you gradually reduce your SSRI dose or stop it completely.
• In-between strengths: your optimized dose may be an unavailable ‘in-between’ strength that is not easily achieved through pill-splitting. We can provide your specific strength on an ongoing and long-term basis.

Talk to your doctor if you think you may benefit from a Personalized Medicine® service offered by Pharmacy.ca.  We welcome contact from you or your doctor directly by phone, or using the Contact Us form below.

A typical tablet or capsule is made up of many non-medicinal ingredients in addition to the active ingredient. These are added to assist in the high-speed manufacturing process or to visually enhance a product’s esthetic appearance. Some of your patients may be sensitive or allergic to these non-medicinal ingredients. In many cases we can prepare a medication that omits the offending ingredient. Your patient can thus enjoy the benefits conferred by the active ingredient without the side effects of the unnecessary additive.

We assist your patients with weaning off medications slowly and precisely. All too often limitations on the number of commercially available strengths necessitates your having to prescribe larger dose decreases in a faster manner than you would prefer. It may also require patients to split tablets which can also be risky as tablets don’t always split well or equally. Pharmacy.ca can make a slow taper that works for you and your patient, with exactly the strength(s) your patients require.

For more information see Tapering Prescription Calculator.

Due to manufacturers’ frequent discontinuation of older, but still widely used medications, drug shortages and back-orders have become a growing problem in Canada. These situations can leave your patients at risk of facing a treatment interruption. Pharmacy.ca is often capable of compounding these medications while they are back-ordered or discontinued in order to ensure therapeutic continuity.

Pharmacy.Ca offers a proprietary Step-Wise™10X10 Tapering Kit to help you and your patients discontinue their anti-depressants in a manner that avoids many of the troublesome side effects experienced when trying to stop a medication.

For more information see SSRI Discontinuation.

Are you a veterinarian? Pharmacy.ca offers custom compounding for veterinarians. We offer next day service on the most commonly compounded medications you require for all Vet clinics whose postal code begins with “M”.

For More information see VetCompounds.ca.

Pharmacy.ca is capable of making a medication that is tailored to your patient’s needs.