The age old tradition of compounding lives on at Dartnell's Pharmacy. The practice of making specific medication has been passed down from the 18th century. It is re-emerging and growing in demand.

Dartnell's Pharmacy has over the years maintained and improved on the tradition of compounding to meet the changing needs and requirements of the individual.

The way compounding usually works is like this; The doctor prescribes the medication. Dartnell's Pharmacy then take the necessary ingredients, compound them, and then dispense the medicine to the patient after a consultation. This practice allows doctors and patients the unique ability to tailor-make medicine from raw materials into the required dosage. Utilising the principles of homoeopathics, natural ingredients, natural cell salts and drugs. This enables our patients to receive the type of personalised care they deserve.

Many patients are allergic to preservatives or dyes, or are sensitive to standard drug strengths. Depending on the circumstances, and always with your doctor's consent, we can change the strength of a medication, alter its form to make it easier for you to ingest, and/or add flavour to make it more palatable.

We can also prepare the medication using several delivery systems, such as sublingual troches or lozenges, emulsions, creams, suppositories, pessaries, ointments and capsules. Or, for those patients who have difficulty in swallowing capsules, we can make a suspension instead. We prepare medicine that is no longer available on the market as long as the ingredients are available and it is permitted to compound such ingredients.

We focus on meeting special needs. The ultimate goal in preparing any of these customised medications is to help the doctor and patient achieve a more positive therapeutic outcome.

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