Compoundia - What is Compounding?

To explain Compounding, Bert Frigo, Ph.C, the founder of Compoundia Australia Pty Ltd would like you to consider the development of the Compoundia Logo in various stages. The original idea was taken from "Proportions of Man after Vetruvius" by Leonardo Da Vinci.
	LIFE ENERGY: Where there is "life" every practitioner must assume that it is worth preserving. If a person's external energy and internal belief systems are positive, then this will further encourage a practitioner to find: The "Florence Nightingale" dedication to patient care, and The "Marie Curie" resolve to extract the impossible. Finding that "glow in the dark" solution to therapeutic challenges may seem to defy current "mainstream" medical and clinical practice.
	ALCHEMY: Along the journey to improve one's health, the illusion and magic of quick, easy and often unproven remedies will always entice consumers to assume the road to beneficial health maintenance is as easy as taking the "magic pill". The prospect of turning base metals into gold, is similar to consuming these magic pills.
	PHARMACY: Now well established on scientific basis, Pharmacy remains also an art. The emergence of Pharmacy as an art may be considered to date from the Greco-Roman period. We are now in a position to explain the concept of: Compounding Pharmacy. The words "Compounding Pharmacy" are derived from the Latin componere, "to put together", and the Greek pharmakon, "a drug".
	MEDICINE: The evolution of medical cure over the centuries sees "man" come to grips with many forms of medicine. Mainstream medicine uses a rigid and peer accepted approach, which relies heavily on evidence based medicine. In a world full of legal avenues designed to castigate practitioners who dare to detour from conventional medicine, "man" embraces general concepts of cure. Also, perhaps lacking wisdom and intelligence, he dares to venture into the unknown, by pointing his connection to nature, his feet, in different directions relaying the notion that to solve a problem alternative paths, viewpoints, beliefs and options should be considered.
	TECHNOLOGY: From making elegant preparations and using science to justify the need and purpose of medicine the various Pharmaceutical Companies rapidly expanded the growth of the drug industry to such a point that consumers are inundated with such a selection that confusion and over-medication is starting to creep into our society. The stopper on the flask represents the driving force of "man" to use his ability, intelligence and wisdom to concentrate on mass production via the Pharmaceutical Companies - which is the extension of the art form of Pharmacy (mortar and pestle) which projects into the Pharmaceutical flask. However, there is hope, as the projection of the mortar and pestle through the flask goes beyond conventional imagination and into the realm of invention, discovery and daring theories. Challenging powers that may take dogma "by the horns" as with Galileo Galilei.
	Research and Development: This is the exciting time of medical development. For the first time there is stability, and discovery is at a Zenith. Scientists on a global scale share medical research, and the rate of human endeavour is challenging people and their beliefs from all walks of life. Even though "man" has now found a central point and axis of common achievement through this self-made complexity, there are groups of people and practitioners who consider the "present as being a place through which the future plunges into the past".
	Compoundia: Now in Australia a new company has been established to meet the personal needs and preferences of this growing group of patients and practitioners. Compounding Pharmacists are bringing their skills, knowledge and experience to benefit their customers and communities by customising dose or dosage forms to suit individual needs e.g. when a commercially available product is not suitable or no longer available. Tailor-made medication is NO longer a thing of the past. Face-to-face pharmacy is here at last! Compoundia uses the art form of Pharmacy improved over time with modern science and technology to create a contemporary environment which is conducive not only to solving therapeutic problems but also taking the practice of Pharmacy to a new dimension never before seen in Australia. Our Philosophy Every organism needs to maintain a balance and be in equilibrium with nature to enjoy maximum exposure on this earth. The Compoundia Team hope that when our services are needed that our professional relationship goes to "affinity" and beyond! Compoundia: One Patient/One Pharmacist/ One Practitioner=Problem Solved (Q.E.D)