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What Is a Compounded Medication?
Compounded ≠ generic. Here's what you're actually getting.
What compounding is
A licensed pharmacy custom-formulates a medication for an individual patient — combining ingredients or adjusting doses not available off the shelf.
Why it matters for BestRx
Most of our medications (semaglutide, tirzepatide, compounded skin and hair formulas) come from FDA-regulated compounding pharmacies. Same active ingredient, lower cost, same regulatory oversight.
FDA regulation
503A and 503B compounding pharmacies are FDA-regulated — not the wild west people sometimes imagine.
Patient-specific
Compounding lets clinicians personalize: ingredient combos, strengths, vehicles, additives.
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