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The Challenges of Compounding Pharmacies
Even with the challenges, I am very strongly against using compounded pharmacies. All of the data that we have that makes these medications really powerful is only applicable to FDA regulated medications. So there's so many additional layers of assuring that our patients have the safety and efficacy that for me, the pain of going through the pharmacy and insurance is still worth it. But right now it is challenging to get legoebi and it's challenging really for those starting doses because month one of treatment is one dose and then month two is another dose. And because of the huge surge of May of 2023, those starting doses are absolutely in short supply. We have to move quickly.