DID YOU KNOW?

Highlights from the National Center for Health Statistics Report: Pain in the USA, 2006

  • Adults 20 years of age and over who report pain said that it lasted:
    • Less than one month - 32%
    • One to three months - 12%
    • Three months to one year - 14%
    • Longer than one year - 42%
  • More than one-quarter of Americans (26%) age 20 years and over - or, an estimated 76.5 million Americans - report that they have had a problem with pain of any sort that persisted for more than 24 hours in duration. [NOTE: this number does not account for acute pain].

PRESCRIPTION COMPOUNDING FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT

Pain management generally benefits from a multidisciplinary approach that includes:

Pharmacologic Measures - analgesics such as NSAIDs, and pain modifiers such as tricyclic antidepressants, or anticonvulsants

Non-Pharmacologic Measures- such as interventional procedures, physical therapy, physical exercise, and application of ice and/or heat

Bayview Pharmacy's compounding pharmacists have the capabilities to customize preparations for painful conditions that improve therapeutic outcomes, reduce side effects, and save patients time and money. 

Compounding medications for pain allows for...

  • ...unique delivery vehicles to be utilzed (i.e. topical cream, troche, iontophoresis solutions); which makes administering the medication easier, more pleasant, and potentially more effective
  • ...medicines to be concentrated based on individual need which maximizes therapeutic outcomes while reducing side effects 
  • ...multiple medications, that have been shown to have modest effects individually, to be combined to form a more potent customized medication. This may speed the healing process and save patients valuable time and money, eliminating needlessly switching from one therapy to the next

This portion of our website focuses on the broad spectrum of painful conditions that patients experience, and the pharmacologic measures that compounding pharmacies, such as Bayview Pharmacy, may provide to relieve these conditions.

Click on the type of pain that you may be experiencing to find out how we may be of assistance to you.  If you can't find the condition listed, fill out the form on the bottom of this page and we will be happy to discuss potential treatment strategies with you.

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