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Four practical problems, all of them as prescribed by your child's healthcare provider.
Commercial products are made in adult increments. When a prescriber writes a strength scaled to a child's weight and size, we prepare that strength rather than approximating it from a tablet meant for someone larger.
If the only commercial version is a tablet, the prescriber can order a liquid, a chewable, or a freezer pop instead. The medication is the same; how it arrives is not.
If the taste is the reason a dose gets skipped, that is worth fixing. We can flavor a preparation so giving it isn't a fight twice a day. Tell us what your child already likes.
When a child reacts to something in the commercial product and the prescription allows it, we can prepare the medication without that ingredient.
Which form makes sense is your prescriber's call, made with what you know about your child. These are the ones we prepare most often:
When the commercial product has no liquid version
For children past liquids but not ready to swallow a tablet
A dose that doesn't look or feel like medicine
Topical, prepared to the written order
When an oral dose can't be kept down
Prescribers send us pediatric prescriptions across a range of categories:
That list is representative, not complete. Our full set of standard dosage forms is on the compounding services page. If your child's prescription names something you don't see here, call and ask about it.
We prepare patient-specific, non-sterile pediatric formulations on your prescription: scaled strengths, alternative dosage forms, flavored preparations, and preparations with specified dyes or preservatives omitted.
A named pharmacist will talk a formulation through with you before you write it. Call (717) 626-2222 and ask for a pharmacist. Prescriptions come in by e-prescribe, phone, or fax 717-626-7920. As a 503A pharmacy we cannot supply office stock. Each preparation needs a prescription with a patient named on it. Account setup is covered on our providers page.
A pharmacist you can name prepares and checks your child's preparation here. You can meet the people who make it before you ever hand over a prescription.
They are formulation experts, not pediatricians. What to prescribe is your prescriber's call. What we can tell you is what is possible to prepare, and how to give it.
They can e-prescribe it, call it in at (717) 626-2222, or fax it to 717-626-7920. If the form or the strength needs discussing, our pharmacists will talk it through with them.
A flavor they like, a texture they refuse, an ingredient they react to. Say it plainly when you call. It changes what we prepare, and it is easier to get right the first time.
Each preparation is made individually for one child rather than pulled off a shelf, so there is preparation time involved. We'll tell you when to expect it when you call.
We'll go over measuring, storage, and what to do about a missed dose. Pick up at 100 East Main Street, use parking-lot pickup, or ask about local delivery in the Lititz and Lancaster County area.
We are at 100 East Main Street in downtown Lititz. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 to 6:00, and Saturday, 9:00 to 1:00; closed Sunday. Call (717) 626-2222 or see our contact page for directions.
Questions
It is preparing a child's medication individually, on a prescriber's order, when the commercial product doesn't work for that child: no liquid version exists, the dose isn't made small enough, the tablet can't be swallowed, or something in it needs to come out.
Yes, from your child's prescriber. They can e-prescribe it, call it in at (717) 626-2222, or fax it to 717-626-7920.
In most cases, yes. Flavoring is one of the tools we use, along with changing the form entirely, such as a liquid, a chewable, or a freezer pop instead of a tablet. Tell us what your child will and won't take and we'll tell you what we can prepare.
Often, yes. Dyes and preservatives can be left out of a preparation when the prescription allows it. Name the specific ingredient when you call and we will tell you plainly whether we can prepare it without.
That is exactly the gap compounding fills. Depending on what the prescriber orders, the same medication may be prepared as an oral suspension, a solution, a chewable, or another form a child can take.
Your child's prescriber sets the strength, usually scaled to weight and size. We prepare to that written order. We don't determine the dose.
It depends on the medication, the strength, and the form your prescriber wrote for, so there is no single number we can put on a page. Call us with the prescription details and we'll walk you through it.
(717) 626-2222, Monday through Saturday. Have your prescriber send the prescription over, or if you're a practice, ask for a pharmacist directly.
Compounded medications are prepared to a licensed prescriber's order and are not reviewed or approved by the FDA for safety or effectiveness. Nothing on this page is medical advice.