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What compounded means
A licensed pharmacy prepares a medication for an identified patient under applicable law. FDA does not pre-approve the finished compounded drug.
Quality questions
Ask about the dispensing pharmacy, prescription label, testing practices, storage, adverse-event reporting, and recall communication.
Claims to avoid
Compounded should never be presented as generic, equivalent, or automatically safer than an FDA-approved product.