Compounding for Pain and Palliative Care
Routes and strengths for patients who need another option.
Pain and palliative patients often need a route other than swallowing, or a strength that is not made. Cambria prepares nonsterile topicals, troches, suppositories and liquids on your prescription, including low-dose naltrexone.
Common reasons to compound
- A patient who cannot swallow or keep oral doses down
- A low strength that is not made commercially
- A rectal, buccal or topical route
- A single preparation in place of several products
For: Pain specialists, palliative and hospice teams, physiatrists, primary care
For Pain and Palliative Care
Examples we prepare.
Examples, not a full list. Every prescription is reviewed by the compounding pharmacist, and the formula, beyond-use date and price are confirmed before anything is made.
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Low-dose naltrexone
Capsules or oral liquid in low strengths that are not made commercially. Please note the strength on each prescription.
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Topical gels and creams
Applied to a specific area. Evidence for many topical pain combinations is limited, so our pharmacist reviews each request.
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Troches
For buccal or sublingual use when the drug is suitable.
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Suppositories
When oral dosing is not possible or not tolerated.
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Oral liquids
For patients who cannot swallow tablets.
How to send
Four ways to reach us.
Include drug, strength, dosage form, quantity, directions, any excipients to exclude, and the patient-specific reason for compounding.
- E-prescribing
- Search for Cambria Pharmacy, 2860 N 5th St, Philadelphia. Preferred for controlled substances (EPCS).
- Fax
- (215) 227-0114. Fax a signed prescription. For a controlled substance, call before you send it.
- Phone
- (215) 225-2886. Talk to the compounding pharmacist before you prescribe.
- Prescriber portal
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Related reading
Dosage Forms
Topical and Transdermal: Why the Distinction Matters
A topical preparation acts where it is applied. A transdermal preparation is meant to pass through the skin into the bloodstream. They are not interchangeable.
Compounding Fundamentals
Compounded and FDA-Approved Medications: Understanding the Difference
Approved drugs go through FDA review before marketing. Compounded preparations do not. Knowing what that means helps patients and prescribers choose well.
Dosage Forms
A Guide to Nonsterile Dosage Forms
Capsules, liquids, creams, ointments, gels, troches and suppositories each solve a different problem. Here is how they compare.
Not listed?
Can you make this? Ask us.
Not everything Cambria can prepare is listed. If a drug, strength or dosage form is not shown here, tell the compounding pharmacist the drug, strength, dosage form and quantity. You will get an answer, a formula option or a straight no.
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Call the pharmacist
Fastest for a quick yes or no, or to talk through a formula.
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Fax the request
Fax the signed prescription when you are ready to send it.
Fax (215) 227-0114
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Send an inquiry
For general questions about what we make. No patient details on web forms.
Prescriber inquiry
Resumen en español · En lanzamiento
Preparaciones para el dolor
Preparamos cremas, geles, supositorios y líquidos con la receta de su médico. Si toma medicamentos opioides, avísenos siempre.
Local prescribers
Bring us the prescription nothing else fits.
Cambria’s compounding pharmacist will talk through strength, base, stability, flavor and alternatives before you write. We also come to your practice for a short lunch-and-learn.