title: Dermatologic prescriptions requiring compounding.
abstract: Dermatologists responding to a mail survey supplied 520 prescriptions as examples of prescriptions requiring compounding. A total of 195 different ingredients were used, with an average of 2.5 ingredients per prescription. Anti-inflammatory agents were most frequently used. Brand-name medications were frequently incorporated with other ingredients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004339:Drug Compounding; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003879:Dermatologic Agents