How to Write a Compound Prescription

Most Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are not set up to handle compounded medications. However, we can fill compounded prescriptions using already existing fields. Use the “Drug” and “Notes” fields to add specifications for the compounded medication:

• Drug Field: Enter either “compounded medication” or the name of a commercially available active ingredient drug name included in the prescription. This can be active ingredients such as tadalafil, tetracaine, etc.
• Notes Field: Enter exactly what is need in the compound. This includes specifications such as dosage type, dosage size, ingredients to be removed, flavoring, etc.

If you fill out these fields with the necessary information you will be able to successfully fill a compounded prescription. Our pharmacy always checks the notes section in order to insure the needs of the patient are being met.