Findings Add to Public Health Debate About Pharmacy Compounding
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014 — Custom-made versions of a widely prescribed, low-cost drug used to prevent a leading cause of blindness in the elderly vary widely in their dosages, Weill Cornell Medical College scientists found in analyses of the eye injections. Investigators saw no evidence of impurities or contamination but found that many of the samples, which were prepared by pharmacists through a process called compounding,…
