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This Profile in Personalized Medicine highlights John Anderson, PharmD, owner of Wimberley Pharmacy in Wimberley, Texas. They have been proud PCCA members since 2005.
While I was going to pharmacy school in 1983, I worked at a compounding pharmacy. They were PCCA members.
I had a cross-country truck driver who was in a tough predicament. He had already tried to treat a common condition with suppositories, creams, etc. We talked to his doctor and then decided to purchase the Rectal Rocket mold from PCCA and compounded lidocaine, hydrocortisone and nifedipine Rectal Rockets for him, which the doctor had prescribed. That was exactly what he needed, and he ended up calling to tell me he was back to cross-country trips again.
I was working at a pharmacy in Wimberley in the early ‘90s, and we had a family that was fostering a very sick premature baby. She was in hospice care and had a gastronomy tube. Her meds kept clogging her tube, so we consulted her doctor and started compounding medications so that it wouldn’t get clogged anymore. That family ended up adopting that baby girl, and she just celebrated her 30th birthday a couple of months ago!
Every pharmacy I had worked in prior to owning my own was a PCCA member, so when I did finally purchase my own pharmacy, I knew I had to become a member.
I really like Lipoderm® because it’s so versatile.
PCCA’s International Seminar is my favorite. Everyone is there, and you’re able to get caught up on all the latest news in pharmacy compounding.
We really have awesome patients. They are always thankful and appreciative. Just this morning, we had the owner of a local palliative care company come in and tell us how grateful they were to us for always getting their patients taken care of so promptly. That kind of thing means so much to me.
Make sure to use PCCA because their vast knowledge of compounding is unmatched. It’s also important to develop relationships with the practitioners and veterinarians in your area.