Ophthalmology
Compounding Corner Pharmacy offers a variety of medications for ophthalmology, especially atropine, albumin, vancomycin and trobramycin eye drops. These preparations are Risk Level III preparations, the highest risk for sterile medications available. We know how important your eye sight is to you. That’s why you want a compounding pharmacy that is process validated with an extensive potency and sterility verification program for aseptic preparations. This is not a teaching pharmacy – There are no pharmacy students, shadowing students, or interns allowed.
Common ophthalmology preparations include:
- Albumin eye drops 5%, Albumin eye drops 10%
- Atropine eye drops 0.01%, Atropine eye drops 0.02%, Atropine eye drops 0.05%, Atropine eye drops 0.5%
- Methylprednisolone / Solu-Medrol preservative-free eye drops
- Pilocarpine eye drops 0.1%, 0.125%, 0.25%
- Prednisolone preservative-free eye drops
- Spironolactone eye drops 3mg/mL
- Testosterone eye drops 0.05%
- Tobramycin eye drops 14mg/mL, Tobramycin eye drops 15mg/mL, Fortified Tobramycin eye drops 25mg/mL
- Vancomycin eye drops 25mg/mL, Fortified Vancomycin eye drops 50mg/mL
- Voriconazole eye drops 1%
Ophthalmology
PROCESS VALIDATED:
How do you know it’s really in there? The FDA allows manufacturers a +/- 20% error (There are several narrow therapeutic index exceptions ). USP allows compounding pharmacies a +/- 10% error. We’ll let our potency testing speak for itself
| MEDICATION | REPORTED | MEASURED | POTENCY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demecarium Bromide Eye Drops | 0.125% | 0.133% | 106% |
| Vancomycin | 25.0 mg/ml | 24.1 mg/ml | 96.4% |
USP <797> states: “…compound preparations are to be prepared to ensure that each preparation shall contain not less than 90% and not more than 110% of the theoretically calculated and labeled quantity of an active ingredient…”. Potency determinations follow USP <621> HPLC, USP <851> Spectophotometry, and specific monograph testing procedures.
Compounding Corner Pharmacy is accredited by PCAB which is endorsed by:
- The American Medical Association
- The United States Pharmacopeia
- The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
- The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacies
- The American Pharmacists Association
- The American College of Apothecaries
- The National Community Pharmacists Association
- The National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations
- The National Home Infusion Association
- The American Veterinary Medical Association
- The American Animal Hospital Association
Note: We will not compound any medications that are precluded from pharmacy compounding in accordance with 21 C.F.R. § 216.
ACCREDITED:
The Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) accreditation is the highest attainable accreditation in compounding pharmacy. Make no mistake, they are the highest standards in the nation and the most difficult to achieve. Compounding Corner Pharmacy is a FOUR-time PCAB-Accredited pharmacy for sterile and non-sterile compounding.
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ENDORSED:
United States Pharmacopeia (USP) <795> and <797> are the actual standards that compounding pharmacies are held to. PCAB is endorsed by USP, the American Medical Association (AMA) and more than a dozen other organizations.