title: Basics of compounding: tips and hints, Part 3: compounding with ointments, creams, pastes, gels, and gel-creams.
abstract: This article represents the third in a series of articles on tips and hints ofcompounding. In this issue, we will discuss some tips and hints for the compounding of ointments, creams, pastes, gels, and gel-creams. For clarification, a gel-cream is a cream in which the external aqueous phase has been thickened using a gelling agent; the advantage is a more stable cream.
authors.forename: Loyd V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004339:Drug Compounding / Q000379:methods*; D005079:Excipients / Q000737:chemistry; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D009824:Ointments; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D005079:Excipients; D005782:Gels; D009824:Ointments; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations