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c/compounding·submitted 9 months ago by u/ahmed_fonseca

the 503A question that gets asked weekly, answered properly

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Posting this as a discussion rather than a claim: the 503A question that gets asked weekly, answered properly. Salt form matters for mass: a preparation specified as one salt and dosed as the free base gives you a different amount of peptide for the same number on the label. A beyond-use date derived from published…

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u/tobias_vukovic105 points·9 months ago

Paid noticeably more at one clinic than another for what turned out to be the same facility behind both.

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u/enzo_ferrari51 points·9 months ago

Paid noticeably more at one clinic than another for what turned out to be the same facility behind both.

Adding one thing — ask for the facility name. Most will give it, and the ones that will not have answered you.

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[deleted]19 points·9 months ago

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u/burned_once_twice23 points·9 months ago

salt forms are the recurring argument and the answer is boring

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u/sofia_nascimento41 points·9 months ago

That is not what patient-specific means. It refers to the prescription, not to a customisation of the formula.

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u/ruben_cabrera14 points·9 months ago

a telehealth intake that asks nothing has told you what it is

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u/camila_sandvik7 points·9 months ago

Agreed. The 503A versus 503B distinction changes who is allowed to make what, and almost every confused thread here starts by ignoring it.

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u/zaid_grimaldi22 points·9 months ago

Yes. The shortage list is the legal hinge for the whole arrangement and its status is public.

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u/blunt_coldbox_notes42 points·9 months ago

ask what the beyond-use date is based on

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u/elin_ferrari32 points·9 months ago

Cosigning the beyond-use date question. What it is based on tells you whether anybody has done stability work.

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