When a commercial drug doesn’t fit — wrong dose, wrong form, wrong ingredients — our compounding pharmacist creates exactly what you need. Made in-house at Acme Drug Mart in Meadowlark, West Edmonton.
Bring your prescription → we do the rest
Pharmaceutical compounding is the practice of preparing a customised medication from scratch — combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a preparation tailored to an individual patient’s specific clinical needs. It is the original form of pharmacy, predating mass-manufactured drugs.
At Acme Drug Mart, our compounding pharmacist works directly with your prescription and your prescriber to produce medications that commercial manufacturers either do not make, no longer produce, or cannot personalise to your needs.
Mass-manufactured drugs are made for average patients at standard doses. But patients are not average. A child who cannot swallow a capsule, a patient allergic to a filler ingredient, someone who needs a slightly higher or lower concentration than what is commercially available — these are the situations where compounding provides a clinical solution that nothing off the shelf can match.
Compounding is not alternative medicine. It is a regulated, pharmacist-supervised process conducted under Alberta College of Pharmacy guidelines, using pharmaceutical-grade ingredients.
These are the most frequent situations where a compounded preparation is the clinically appropriate and sometimes only viable option.
Paediatric dosing, elderly patients needing fractional doses, or therapeutic titration that commercial products cannot accommodate. Our pharmacist can prepare virtually any concentration your prescriber specifies.
Many commercial tablets and capsules contain gluten, lactose, artificial dyes, or preservatives. We can produce the same active ingredient in a formulation that removes the offending excipient entirely.
Drug shortages and manufacturer discontinuations are an ongoing reality. When a medication you depend on disappears from the commercial market, compounding can often restore access using pharmaceutical-grade raw ingredients.
Getting children to take medication is one of the most common challenges in paediatric care. We can compound the right dose into a palatable liquid — fruit flavours, bubblegum, grape — that children will actually take consistently.
Depending on your clinical needs and your prescriber’s instructions, we can prepare medications in several different forms.
Pain management, dermatology, and hormone therapy applications where local delivery is preferred over systemic absorption. Common preparations include ketoprofen gels, BHRT creams, and antifungal topicals.
Specific doses, combination medications, or allergen-free fills not available in commercial capsule products. Each capsule is prepared to the exact strength prescribed.
Dissolve slowly under the tongue or in the cheek, delivering medication directly through the oral mucosa. Useful for hormones, pain, and patients with swallowing difficulties.
Liquid preparations for paediatric patients, elderly patients, or anyone unable to swallow solid dosage forms. Can be flavoured and have doses adjusted as the patient grows.
Custom nasal preparations for allergy, sinus conditions, or medications where nasal delivery provides better bioavailability or faster onset.
Rectal or vaginal suppositories for patients who cannot tolerate oral medications, require targeted local therapy, or need an alternative route of administration.
The process is straightforward. You need a prescription from your doctor, nurse practitioner, or authorised prescriber — and then we handle the rest.
Ask your doctor or nurse practitioner to write a compounding-specific prescription. If they’re unsure what to write, we can liaise with your prescriber directly.
Drop your prescription at Acme Drug Mart or call us at (780) 443-0202. We review the prescription, confirm the dosage form, and discuss any allergen or flavour preferences.
Our pharmacist sources pharmaceutical-grade ingredients and prepares your medication using validated compounding protocols. Turnaround is typically 24–48 hours depending on complexity.
Collect your compounded medication at the pharmacy. Your pharmacist will review storage instructions, how to use it, and answer any questions before you leave.
Coverage note: Compounded medications are not always covered under provincial drug benefit plans, but many private employer benefit plans do provide coverage. Check with your insurer before filling. Our pharmacist can help you understand your options and provide itemised receipts for submission.
Talk to our compounding pharmacist at Acme Drug Mart in Meadowlark, West Edmonton. Bring your prescription or call ahead — (780) 443-0202.