The latest compounding news, articles and updates from our pharmacy network.
Like clockwork, the dreaded flu or influenza season is upon us with aches, pains, sneezing and exhaustion taking its toll on countless Americans nationwide. According to early estimates by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the last flu season cycle (2018-2019) resulted in 42.9 million cases of flu, 647,000 hospitalization, and up to 61,200 flu… Read more
In the decades that VLS Pharmacy and New Drug Loft pharmacy have been in business, we have heard our fair share of misconceptions about the work that we do. Below, we explore and debunk three of the most common sentiments we hear regularly from patients and providers alike. Misconception #1) Compounding pharmacies are out of… Read more
There are few hormones that incite as much discussion and debate as human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Many will know it as the ‘pregnancy hormone’, measured in early pregnancy tests or as part of fertility protocols to stimulate ovulation. More controversially, it is at the heart of the infamous hCG weight-loss protocol developed and popularized by… Read more
For years now, NAD has been earning its reputation as the “fountain of youth” with countless anti-aging benefits. Harvard Medical School scientists such as David Sinclair have published papers on its ability to reverse vascular aging in mice, while biomedical companies such as ChromaDex and Elysium Health are heavily investing in the next generation of… Read more
When our team is asked what the newest cosmetic ingredient has been at our pharmacy in 2018, we can answer pretty unanimously: tranexamic acid. It isn’t new (studies about its use as a treatment for melasma date back to 1979)1, and it isn’t even particularly groundbreaking, but for an industry eager to meet new cosmetic… Read more
