The Pet Poison Helpline now offers an iPhone app cataloguing approximately 250 food, drug, chemical, and plant toxins. The database is easy to search and includes a list of symptoms and a full color photo for each toxin – plus a helpline direct-dial function for emergencies. You can get this handy app for $0.99 from iTunes. Get the scoop at the link below.

http://bit.ly/IkcQ3z

RxShortages is an open-source app for iPhone, iPad, and Android. Monument Pharmacy folks who’ve used this app rave about how current the info is! Check it out at the following link.

http://mickschroeder.com/rxshortages/

Discover that your preferred pharmaceutical is on back-order or manufacturer discontinued? Contact Monument Pharmacy because we might be able to compound it by prescription until it returns to the market.

A compounding pharmacy might be able to produce back-ordered and manufacturer discontinued pharmaceuticals by individual prescription order, as long as they can procure the ingredients and formulation (or “recipe”), have the necessary equipment, etc. Such compounding must cease when manufacturing resumes, and compounders cannot produce pharmaceuticals that the FDA has pulled from the market. Injectables have been particularly vulnerable to shortages. Also susceptible are antibiotics, cancer therapies, and many other classes of drugs. For the latest info, please see the FDA list of current drug shortages and the ASHP current drug shortage list. Note that such lists may not be complete due to voluntary manufacturer reporting, etc. No time to check lists or hunt down pharmaceuticals among various distributors? You can call your compounding pharmacy, and they can do the research for you.

Monument Pharmacy stands ready to help practitioners and patients overcome drug shortages by prescription order — and we can compound sterile injectables and ophthalmics in our full-size clean room. The next time you encounter a back-order or manufacturer discontinuation of your pharmaceutical of choice, give us a call at 800-595-7565. We’ll inform you of your options and assist you with friendly service and fast-and-free 1^st-class shipping. Now serving Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming!

Since 1995 we have served clients in the Centennial State (and many other states) with regulatory compliance, integrity, and professionalism. Our specially trained pharmacists and technicians prepare a wide assortment of customized Rx pharmaceuticals incorporating palatability enhancements, route-of-administration tweaks, strength adjustments, and/or irritant/allergen elimination. Amid rampant drug shortages, our compounding pharmacy might be able to produce your medication if it is on back-order or manufacturer discontinued. This service is particularly important to practitioners facing shortages of injectables and ophthalmics, for we can compound sterile pharmaceuticals in our full-size clean room.

Beyond being a Colorado pharmacist, Monument Pharmacy provides custom pharmaceutical compounding services to clients in 21 other states, including all our Mountain West neighbors. We do so with friendly customer service and fast-and-free 1^st-class shipping. (The only time we charge for shipping is for refrigerated items or overnight delivery.) Our website features a convenient 24/7 online refill order form to make your busy life a bit easier. And we’ll beat others’ compound prices by 10% to help you mind the bottom line.

“I tried to give my sweet little kitty a pill. She unleashed her inner puma.”

Many animals – not just cats — can be notoriously difficult to dose. When the medicine just won’t go down, a pet parent or animal owner may be at wit’s end. Never fear because help is here! A compounding pharmacy, by prescription, can customize a veterinary medication to aid with dosing.

Perhaps the problem is foul taste. A veterinary pharmacy might be able to enhance palatability by switching to a different flavor. Pill won’t go down? The pharmacy might be able to reformulate the med as a liquid or re-route administration through the skin via a transdermal gel. Maybe the animal will take the pill but you’re trying to divide an unscored tablet, resulting in inconsistent dosing. This is just one reason why a veterinary patient might benefit from a customized strength. Fillers, dyes, or other inactive ingredients causing a problem? A compounding pharmacy might be able to reformulate the pharmaceutical to eliminate irritants and allergens. Perhaps the biggest dosing hurdle these days is drug shortages. If the animal’s medication is on back-order or has been manufacturer discontinued, a veterinary pharmacy might be able to compound it until manufacturing resumes.

For all these reasons and more, Monument Pharmacy stands ready to meet your customized veterinary medication needs. We can handle a vast array of compounded prescription orders, including those for injectables and ophthalmics because we have a full-size clean room and staff specially trained in aseptic techniques. Serving 22 states, we provide fast-and-free 1^st-class shipping. Plus, we’ll beat others’ compound prices by 10%.

Patients in our 22-state service area rely on us to prepare human and veterinary compounds tailored to individual needs. By prescription we enhance palatability, adjust or change route of administration, prepare FDA-approved pharmaceuticals that are on drug shortage lists, adjust dosage strength to fit patient size, and/or eliminate allergens and irritants among the inactive ingredients. Our Colorado pharmacy does so with friendly customer service, a convenient 24/7 online refill request form, and fast-and-free 1^st-class shipping. (The only time customers pay shipping is for refrigerated items or when they request overnight delivery.) Furthermore, we pledge to beat others’ compound prices by 10%.

The team of expert compounding pharmacists and technicians at our Colorado pharmacy stands ready to serve the individualized medication needs of human and veterinary patients in our home state and in 21 states beyond. We have a particularly strong presence in the Rocky Mountain West. Practitioners and patients from Colorado, California, and Texas use our services most frequently – and New Mexico and Wyoming are rapidly rising in our prescription volume rankings! Questions about our services? Call us toll-free at 800-595-7565 or visit our website.

There are many reasons why a pharmaceutical might present dosing difficulties. The drug might be unpalatable to the patient, and an adjustment to flavor, scent, or texture might help. Tried to pill a cat lately? Sometimes the route of administration presents a challenge, and a compounding pharmacy might be able to alter the delivery form for easier dosing. One size does not fit all, and some patients might benefit from medication strength adjustments, especially those who are trying to divide an unscored tablet. Some patients may be allergic to or irritated by fillers, dyes, and other inactive ingredients in commercially available pharmaceuticals and might find reformulation without the offending agents helpful. One of the biggest dosing hurdles is a drug shortage – when the medication of choice is on back-order or has been manufacturer discontinued. A compounding pharmacy might be able to prepare an FDA-approved but off-market pharmaceutical by prescription until the manufacturer resumes production.

Monument Pharmacy, a Colorado-based compounding pharmacy serving 22 states, stands ready to assist human and veterinary practitioners and patients with their customized pharmaceutical needs. Since 1995 we have worked to promote the desired health care outcome when dosing difficulties arise. Working in collaboration with our clients to get the best “fit” for their individualized medicines, we prepare compounds by prescription with compliance, integrity, and professionalism. For more information, please call us toll-free at 800-595-7565 or visit our website.

Look for a veterinary pharmacy that fits your busy lifestyle. Check to see if it has an online prescription refill request form and offers shipping to your home or workplace. Ascertain the price of shipping to see if it is cost effective when combined with the medication price. Determine whether the veterinary pharmacy offers compounding services, which will be very handy if you encounter dosing difficulties. A compounding pharmacy by prescription can enhance palatability, alter the delivery form / route of adminstration, produce FDA-approved medicines that are on drug shortage lists, customize the strength so that you don’t have to divide an unscored tablet, or reformulate to get rid of allergenic or irritating inactive ingredients like fillers and dyes.

Monument Pharmacy welcomes you to explore its vast array of veterinary pharmacy services. Human and veterinary compounding specialists since 1995, we serve 22 states with fast and free 1^st-class shipping to a client’s home or workplace (additional shipping charge assessed for refrigerated items or overnight delivery). Our website at www.monumentpharmacy.com features a 24/7 online refill request form, and our friendly staff stands ready to assist you by phone at our toll-free number, 800-595-7565. Plus, we’ll beat others’ compound prices by 10%. Just let us know what you’re paying elsewhere!

Palatable compounds from the right veterinary pharmacy might also promote proper dosing, desired health care outcomes, and less anxiety for patient and caretaker. Since 1995 Monument Pharmacy has compounded a multitude of flavored liquid suspensions for veterinary patients in 22 states.  The most frequent requests for palatability enhancement include methimazole, metronidazole, tramadol, doxycycline, cisapride, and enrofloxacin. And our most popular flavors are chicken, beef, tuna, bacon, tutti frutti, orange, and grape.

A compound pharmacist like Monument Pharmacy has the expertise, ingredients, formulations, and equipment to produce individualized doses for animals large and small. Working in collaboration with the veterinarian and animal owner, a compounding pharmacy can determine the patient’s individual needs and compound a prescription pharmaceutical to accommodate them. Since 1995 Monument Pharmacy has compounded individualized medications by Rx order with integrity, professionalism, and regulatory compliance. And we stand ready to assist patients in 22 states.

Animal patients come in all sizes, ranging from pocket pets and small birds to horses and elephants. But commercially available pharmaceuticals only come in a few strengths. Sometimes veterinary patients need a customized dose to suit their needs. This is particularly important if the animal’s owner or caretaker is trying to divide an unscored tablet or “guesstimate” the amount of liquid medication that will yield the proper dose.

When an animal has an adverse reaction to an inactive ingredient in the commercially available pharmaceutical of choice, a veterinary compounding pharmacist might be able to reformulate the drug. Animals can experience allergic reactions, and some ingredients might be irritating for veterinary patients. One example that comes to mind is a dog with a localized skin rash. The prescribed commercially available topical cream contained an inactive ingredient that further irritated the condition. Reformulation to eliminate that one particular ingredient, via substitution with another inactive agent, resulted in a medication that was reportedly non-irritating.

Have you tried to pill a cat or give an animal a foul-tasting medication? Quite the challenge, isn’t it? A compounding pharmacy can prepare flavored pharmaceuticals that may please the palate of the finickiest patients. Such compounds might save animal owners and pet parents time and money – the extra time that it takes to dose the patient and the money wasted when the dose goes flying through the air to destination unknown. Palatable compounds might also promote proper dosing, desired health care outcomes, and less anxiety for patient and caretaker.

The right veterinary pharmacy will be able to work in collaboration with veterinarians and animal owners when pharmaceutical compliance issues arise, to formulate a tailor-made medication intended to promote the desired health care outcome. Whether an animal needs a customized dose, a drug free of allergens and irritants, a flavored preparation, or another customized pharmaceutical, compounding specialists can provide individualized therapies by prescription.  Since 1995 Monument Pharmacy has been a trusted compounding veterinary pharmacy, serving patients in 22 states with integrity, professionalism, and regulatory compliance.