CarlaRPh_TPA said:Two pharmacies quoted me last year, one describing itself as 503A and one as 503B, and I assumed 503B just meant bigger until both stopped within…
Compounding pharmacy licensing verification for compounded supply: before ordering, verify your pharmacy's credentials:
- State Board of Pharmacy license — check on your state BOP website
- FDA registration (for 503B) — check on fda.gov
- DEA registration if handling controlled substances
- PCAB accreditation — voluntary but demonstrates commitment to quality
- USP <797>/<800> compliance for sterile compounding
This takes 10 minutes of research and could save you from receiving substandard or unsafe medication.
A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
Why a shortage listing created a legal pathway at all, since a shortage is a supply fact rather than a permission?
BiostatsBrad said:Compounding pharmacy licensing verification for compounded supply: before ordering, verify your pharmacy's credentials: State Board of Pharmacy…
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- No pharmacist available for consultation
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- Prices dramatically below market ($30-40/month = suspicious)
- No prescription required
- Ships without cold pack or temperature control
- No batch/lot numbers on product labeling
- Pushes "research use only" products for human injection
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The bulks-list asymmetry was the piece I had missed entirely. It explains why one of my two pharmacies is still arguing it can supply and the other simply stopped.
Dr.MetabolicMD said:Compounding pharmacy red flag checklist for compounded supply — if ANY of these apply, find a different source: No verifiable physical address No…
No disagreement with Dr.MetabolicMD. One condition attached. Worth adding the genuine exception, because it is real and narrow: a change made for an identified patient where the prescriber determines it produces a significant clinical difference for that patient. A grid of fixed doses offered to everybody is not that, whatever the intake form says.