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the 503B question that gets asked weekly, answered properly

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Posting this as a discussion rather than a claim: the 503B question that gets asked weekly, answered properly.

Asked for the beyond-use date basis and got a real answer with a stability reference attached. Not universal, apparently.

Concentration on the compounded vial was different from what I had been using and I nearly did the arithmetic on autopilot.

The intake asked me three questions and none of them were about my history. That told me everything I needed to know about the model.

Not medical advice, obviously, and nothing here is approved for human use. One person with a spreadsheet.

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u/ferran_mensah108 points·1 year ago

Nothing in this thread is medical advice, and the choice between arrangements is one for you and a prescriber who knows your history.

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u/eu_apotheke_a68 points·1 year ago

This. Compounded preparations carry no equivalence claim, and treating them as generics is a category error people make constantly.

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u/fatima_kowalski61 points·1 year ago

Push back: "compounded is fine because a pharmacy made it" skips every question this board exists to ask.

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