meningitis outbreak 2012

Clodfobble · 10-15-2012, 02:34 PM

Please don't let media scare tactics get to you. "Compounding" just means the pharmacist assembled the drug themselves from the base medicine(s). It used to be synonymous with being a pharmacist, before they started mass-producing pills in factories. To say it is "not regulated" only means that the FDA didn't stand over the guy's shoulder and watch it being put into pill/IV/whatever form. The source medications (prednisone) are regulated, the pharmacy itself is regulated, the licensed pharmacist is regulated. The same kind of accidental contamination happens in pill factories too--and many of those aren't even within this country. You can google the massive recalls of children's Tylenol products for just one recent example.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Please don't let media scare tactics get to you. "Compounding" just means the pharmacist assembled the drug themselves from the base medicine(s). It used to be synonymous with being a pharmacist, before they started mass-producing pills in factories. To say it is "not regulated" only means that the FDA didn't stand over the guy's shoulder and watch it being put into pill/IV/whatever form. The source medications (prednisone) are regulated, the pharmacy itself is regulated, the licensed pharmacist is regulated. The same kind of accidental contamination happens in pill factories too--and many of those aren't even within this country. You can google the massive recalls of children's Tylenol products for just one recent example. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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