What Is Compounding?

What is Compounding, speaking purely about Pharmaceuticals in this scenario. Compounding is the process of creating drugs with specifics to meet a certain patient's needs. They do this by altering, removing or mixing ingredients of a drug. Combing two drugs does qualify, however it is rarely that simple, due to the danger of messing up the drug creation process. A small error could lead to serious consequences, being too potent or not potent is enough to cause issues, varying depending on the drug. Either adding chemicals and ingredients or removing them, sometimes even changing the form of the drug.

So why change the parts of a drug? Some patients may not be able to swallow a pill, because of age or due to some throat re-flex issues. So they