Paediatric Compounding Pharmacy
Children are not small adults. As a paediatric compounding pharmacy we prepare flavoured liquids, suspensions and child sized strengths so a young patient actually takes the dose their doctor intended.
When a Tablet Is Not the Answer
Doses are calculated for an average adult body. Splitting a tablet into quarters for a toddler is imprecise, and plenty of children will not swallow one at any size. The medicine may be exactly right while the delivery is completely wrong.
Paediatric compounding solves the delivery problem. Your prescriber writes the active ingredient and the strength, and we prepare it in a form and flavour a child will accept, made fresh at our compounding pharmacy in Surfers Paradise.
Parents come to us from Southport, Main Beach, Broadbeach, Bundall and across the Gold Coast, and we post to families anywhere in Australia.
Common reasons parents are sent to us
- The strength needed is not commercially made
- A child cannot or will not swallow tablets
- The commercial product contains a dye or preservative they react to
- A dose needs scaling to body weight
- Liquid supply of the product has run out
What We Prepare for Children
Flavoured oral liquids
Suspensions and solutions flavoured to something a child will actually take, prepared to your prescriber’s formula.
Weight based strengths
Doses scaled precisely to a child’s weight rather than approximated by splitting an adult tablet.
Free from what they react to
Dye free, sugar free, gluten free and preservative free options where the commercial product causes a problem.
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.
Paediatric Compounding Questions
Talk to Us About Your Child’s Medicine
Bring the prescription to Piazza 16, 3221 Surfers Paradise Boulevarde, or call and we will tell you what is possible before you make the trip.