Worksheet 8

Name: JOCEL D. OCLARIT Date: May 07, 2022 Score:

EXTEMPORANEOUS COMPOUNDING

1. What is extemporaneous compounding?

Extemporaneous compounding refers to the practice of the preparation of a therapeutic product by mixing and
combining pharmaceuticals agents for an individual patient in response to an identified need .

2. What are the reasons for compounding drug products?

A drug may be compounded for a patient who cannot be treated with an FDA-approved medication, such as a patient
who has an allergy to a certain dye and needs a medication to be made without it, or an elderly patient or a child who
cannot swallow a tablet or capsule and needs a medicine in a liquid dosage form.

3. What is the common apparatus or equipment required in compounding? Discuss its functions.
A compounding hood is a large piece of equipment that prevents particles from entering and leaving a work area (like
a complex version of the vent fan above a cooking stove); hoods are mostly used for sterile compounding.

An autoclave is a large piece of equipment used to sterilize various medical tools and objects such as flasks, funnels,
spatulas, and reusable syringes.

A mortar and pestle is used to grind materials and drugs.

A balance or scale is used to weigh dry materials to ensure the proper amounts of ingredients.

Flasks, beakers, and graduated cylinders are used to measure liquid drugs and materials.

A spatula is used to mix materials together.

IV materials include IV bags, catheters, and tubing; IV materials are used in sterile compounding.\
Vials are small glass containers that hold fluid drugs.

Syringes and needles are used to remove fluid from vials.

4. What are the most commonly compounded drug products? Discuss each.
The most common examples of compound medication include compounded topical medications, sublingual
medications and oral medications. Injectable medications and suppositories are also novels compound medication
examples.
Topical medicines are applied on the skin or mucous membrane to get relief from pain. The advantage of using a
topical medication is that it provides local Treatment and it is a prominent way of treatment by drug absorption.

A sublingual medication is defined as a drug that is administered under the tongue where it is absorbed into the
bloodstream through the mucous membrane. Sublingual medicines are prescribed to blood pressure patients as it
is the fastest way of delivering the drug to the body.

Oral medicines are also available as compounded drugs. These are taken into the body via mouth for digestion
and absorption.

Compounded sterile injections include aqueous and oil vehicles that are sterile drugs to be administered in the
patient’s body using a needle and syringe.

Suppositories are advanced compounded drugs that come in a solid molded medication inserted rectally or
vaginally. It is absorbed locally and systemically when it is dissolved inside the body. Putting medicine by
suppositories allows the patient who can’t swallow pills and tablets to receive the required concentration of the
drug.