Medication cannot be effective if a patient refuses to take it. Pharmacists are able to add a wide variety of special flavors to most compounded prescriptions to make them more palatable.

Flavor compounding is especially useful with children. As many parents know, if a child doesn’t like the flavor of medicine, it can be very difficult to get them to take it. Compounding allows children to get medication in their favorite forms and flavors including lollipops or gummy treats. Flavors such as chocolate, peanut butter, bubble gum, watermelon, or other flavor combinations are popular with children. The color can also affect whether a child will accept a medication and pharmacists can make sure their prescription is in their favorite color. Many flavors are available in sugar-free and dye-free forms for patients who have allergies or are sensitive to dyes.

People who suffer from chronic illnesses can also benefit from flavored medications. Some medical treatments can change their taste preferences making some flavors particularly unpleasant. Sweet flavors often cannot be tolerated and bitter flavors can cause nausea. Changing the flavor of the medication will not alter its effectiveness, so the pharmacist can make it in a flavor that the patient will tolerate.

Pets are also much easier to treat if medications are put into a flavor that they will recognize. They can be quite skilled at eating around a pill or completely refusing treatments. As a result, they avoid healing therapies. By creating a treat in a flavor they love, they will look forward to taking their medications. For example, cats enjoy chicken and tuna and dogs beef, chicken, and liver. Compounding medications are available in virtually any flavor – call us for different flavor options for your pets or animals.

We offer home delivery of your prescriptions to the local Rochester, New York areas of Brighton, Henrietta, and Pittsford; or if you are out of our delivery area, we can also have your prescriptions shipped to you. Your doctor can also contact us directly by telephone at 585-271-7716, fax us at 585-461-9175, or have your prescription electronically e-prescribed to the pharmacy.

To get a quote on your compounded prescription, please fill out the form to the right. If you would like to contact us with a question, please send your email to us at monroeave@rochester.rr.com or contact us by phone.

All medications compounded by Monroe Ave Pharmacy are prepared at the direction of a physician’s prescription.