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The geriatric patient population is growing. These patients naturally undergo physiological changes and may not be able to use some commercial drug products for their therapies. There is an increasing need for pharmacists to compound alternative dosage forms for these patients that meet their treatment needs. Pharmacists who work with geriatric patients need to be trained in providing compounding services, maintain a good compounding reference library, and develop good investigative skills to search for the information needed to prepare alternative, compounded dosage forms to meet the patient-specific needs of geriatric patients. This chapter is an overview of sources for compound training , reliable compounding resources that are available as references, and how to search these resources for alternative treatment options for geriatric patients.
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McElhiney, L.F. (2016). Medication Compounding in the Provision of Drug Therapy. In: Stegemann, S. (eds) Developing Drug Products in an Aging Society. AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43099-7_32
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