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c/compounding·submitted 10 months ago by u/yannick_barros

the 503B thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down

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the 503B thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down. Change my mind, genuinely — I have no stake in being right about this. Switched between two compounded preparations and the concentration on the label was different. Redid the arithmetic on paper before drawing anything. The intake asked me three…

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u/usp_appendixcompendial62 points·10 months ago

Disagree — a 503B being registered does not make its preparations equivalent to an approved product. Different regulatory category entirely.

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u/yannick_barrosOP40 points·10 months ago

a 503B has to register and report, so there is a paper trail to ask for

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u/draw_up_dizzy47 points·10 months ago

Paid noticeably more at one clinic than another for what turned out to be the same facility behind both.

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u/yannick_petrov13 points·10 months ago

shortage status changes and the whole arrangement changes with it

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u/yannick_barrosOP10 points·10 months ago

the label on a compounded vial is a legal document, read it

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u/bilal_osei0 points·10 months ago

Disagree — a 503B being registered does not make its preparations equivalent to an approved product.

Agreed — and the follow-up question is what the beyond-use date is based on.

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u/ireland_drugs_pay1 point·10 months ago

a telehealth intake that asks nothing has told you what it is

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u/yannick_barrosOP1 point·10 months ago

Asked which facility and got a name straight away. Looked it up, found the registration, felt considerably better about the whole thing.

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