The Florida Board of Pharmacy will consider establishing new regulations for compounding pharmacies in the wake of an outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a drug produced at a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts.
At this point, the board does not know how many of the state’s 7,800 pharmacies make compounded drugs or what medications they make.
Physicians prescribe compounded drugs when patients need customized medications not available from commercial manufacturers, such as liquid forms…
The Florida Board of Pharmacy will consider establishing new regulations for compounding pharmacies in the wake of an outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a drug produced at a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts.
At this point, the board does not know how many of the state’s 7,800 pharmacies make compounded drugs or what medications they make.
Physicians prescribe compounded drugs when patients need customized medications not available from commercial manufacturers, such as liquid forms…