Some benefits of patient-specific compounding include: 

• Compounded medications can be formulated into alternative delivery forms, such as topical gels, creams, or nasal sprays, giving the health care professional and the patient a wider range of delivery options.

• Patient allergies and sensitivities that occur with commercially available drugs can be overcome with compounded prescriptions that are preservative, dye, and lactose-free for example.

• Discontinued and commercially unavailable medications can be custom-made so that you do not have to go without.

• Compounded customized hormone therapies are a viable alternative for patients who would prefer to avoid conventional hormone replacement medications.

• Custom-compounded medications are vital to a successful veterinary practice where hard-to-find medications or uniquely formulated compounds are needed to ensure easier delivery and patient’s compliance with drug regimens.

• Compounded pain medications can often prevent some of the side effects associated with standard pain medications.

• Compounded medications are ideally suited to sports medicine and physical therapy scenarios where musculoskeletal pain due to inflammation is a problem, but injections are difficult.

• Compounded prescriptions are a unique way to deliver medications to patients who are otherwise resistant to traditional forms of medications, such as a lollipop for oral sedation for children.