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Employee Spotlight: Paula Styer Pharmacy Technician

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I have been a pharmacy technician since 2008. It has been since 2008 so it’s been good for me. Paula : I do, primarily I am a compounder, that is how I started out. I am manipulating something for an end product and that’s what I like about compounding - the end product, and [the process of] coming to it. I love reading.

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Brain Fog and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Compounded medications : If NDT medications do not seem like a good fit for you, compounded T4/T3 products offer another alternative. Thyroid compounds are usually prepared in the same physiological ratio that is found in NDT products. 2008 Aug 7; 149(1-3): 11–14. [16] 24 Sep 2008. Ann Gastroenterol. 15] Banks WA.

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Contamination Trends & Proposed Solutions

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5 , 8 Compounding pharmacies were commonly mentioned as sources of microbial cross-contamination, especially in the US. 9 , 15 This has led to compounding pharmacies completing high-volume activities such as mass repackaging, thereby increasing the risk of cross-contamination. Compounding Pharmacies: Who Is in Charge?”

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8. The Entrepreneurial Life of Dr. Richard Harris, a Pharmacist, Physician, and Business Mastermind

The Physician Pharmacist

But in 2008, when I graduated pharmacy school that none of that was there. And we're utilizing direct to consumer genetic tests with a compounding pharmacy to custom compound, topical solutions for hair restoration. He's been in the compounding world for over a decade. And so I thought about doing a residency.

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What to Keep in Your Integrative Medicine Cabinet

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I started talking to Carter Black, RPh, my compounding pharmacist, about the symptoms I was experiencing, and he suggested that I have my adrenals tested. These signals create communication and function within nerves and muscles, as the electrolytes move in or out of cells. 2008 Jul;93(7):2559-65. Exp Parasitol. 2021;220:108043.

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Root Causes of Depression and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

However, it can also lead to a suppression of TSH, the communication hormone that tells our body to make more thyroid hormone — potentially resulting in what is known as “central hypothyroidism,” where the TSH is normal but the actual thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) are low because the communication pathway isn’t working properly.

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Accommodating Multiple Modalities in the Same Facility

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From a regulatory perspective, the only products that are to be excluded are sensitizing agents, including penicillins and cephalosporins (beta-lactams); potentially genotoxic compounds; and potentially OEB 5 compounds where the risk assessment indicates the compound cannot be adequately controlled. Published 2008.