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Review
. 2017 Feb;40(1):5-8.
doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2017.001. Epub 2017 Feb 1.

Extemporaneously compounded medicines

James R Falconer  1 , Kathryn J Steadman  2
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Review

Extemporaneously compounded medicines

James R Falconer et al. Aust Prescr. 2017 Feb.

Erratum in

No abstract available

Keywords: dispensing medication; drug compounding; drug control; off-label prescribing.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: none declared

Comment in

  • Compounded medicines.
    Gavrilovic A. Gavrilovic A. Aust Prescr. 2017 Jun;40(3):89. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2017.034. Epub 2017 Jun 1. Aust Prescr. 2017. PMID: 28798510 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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FURTHER READING

    1. Glass BD, Haywood A. Stability considerations in liquid dosage forms extemporaneously prepared from commercially available products. J Pharm Pharm Sci 2006;9:398-426. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17207422http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&lis... - PubMed
    1. Marriott JF, Wilson KA, Langley CA, Belcher D. Pharmaceutical compounding and dispensing. 2nd ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press; 2016. http://www.pharmpress.com/product/9780853699125/pharmaceutical-compoundi...

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