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What is a Compounding Pharmacy?

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If your doctor’s office has given you a prescription with instructions to fill it at a compounding pharmacy, you might be wondering what exactly this means. There are 56,000 community pharmacies in the US. Only around 7,500 are compounding pharmacies, of which only 3,000 perform sterile compounding.

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Employee Spotlight: Stephanie Everard Pharmacist

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Stephanie, when did you become interested in pharmacy? I became interested in pharmacy in high school. I spent time working in a community pharmacy and a compounding pharmacy. As my education progressed, I became more interested in hospital pharmacy and pursued a post graduate residency.