Sleep Support Compounding
Sleep related preparations compounded to a prescriber’s formula, in the strength and dosage form specified. Prescription required, and prescribed only where your doctor considers it appropriate.
A Prescriber Decides, We Prepare
Sleep is one of the areas where people are most tempted to self treat, and it is one where doing so is least wise. Poor sleep has many causes and several of them need investigating rather than medicating.
Where a prescriber has decided a compounded preparation is appropriate and written a formula, we prepare it on site at our Surfers Paradise pharmacy at the exact strength specified. We do not recommend sleep preparations and we make no claims about them.
If you are struggling with sleep, start with your GP rather than with a pharmacy shelf.
Why a prescriber may compound
- A strength that is not commercially manufactured
- A dosage form the patient can take
- Avoiding an excipient the patient reacts to
- A combination the prescriber has specified
- A product no longer being made
Forms We Prepare
Capsules
Prepared at the strength on the prescription where the manufactured options do not fit.
Troches and lozenges
Dissolving forms, where the prescriber has specified that route.
Oral liquids
For patients who cannot take a solid dosage form.
How to Get One Prepared
1. Talk to your prescriber
Compounded medicines cannot be supplied without a prescription. Tell your doctor, specialist, dentist or vet what is not working and ask whether it can be compounded.
2. Send us the prescription
Bring it in, post it, or send it through online. Call us first if you would like a price and a timeframe before you commit.
3. Collect or have it delivered
Pick it up at Piazza 16, 3221 Surfers Paradise Boulevarde, or we courier it Australia wide through Aramex.
Sleep Compounding Questions
Start With Your Doctor
If a compounded preparation is prescribed, bring it to us at Piazza 16, 3221 Surfers Paradise Boulevarde and we will prepare it on site.