Most pharmacies fill prescriptions with pre-made medications designed for the masses. Compounding pharmacies will not only fill regular prescriptions, they also prepare special formulas of medicine for patients base on their special needs. This service may be needed by a patient for a variety of reasons, but it basically comes down to the fact that not all mass produced medications work well for everyone.

Compounding used to be done at nearly every pharmacy decades ago, but that is no longer the case, at least in America. In the UK, pharmacists are still called “Chemists” but that seems more appropriate for the old days than now, since back then they really did formulate all the prescriptions on site and individually. Compounding is still more prevalent outside the US. There are only three compounding pharmacies in the greater Albuquerque area, and there is only one medical cannabis compounding producer in Albuquerque: Organtica.

Special orders don’t upset us!

Using compounded cannabis medicines can make a big difference in the effectiveness of the medication. At Organtica we realize that some patients need specific formulations of their cannabis medicine, and for that reason we feel it is important to offer compounded cannabis medicine. Organtica offers CCO cannabis capsules and Patients Select tinctures made to order in whatever milligram dose you need using CBD, THC and THCa or any combination of these three cannabninoids. We can also change the base; vegetable glycerin or fractionated coconut oil, or work with you to get another kind of oil as a base if needed, because we know some people have specific food allergies. It will only take us a few days to get your special order together, and the cost per milligram is exactly the same as the pre-made medicine we offer at our clinic.

Special Formulas

If you would like a special compounded formula of CCO Capsules or our Tinctures, please speak with one of clinicians or one of our cannabis nurses. They can help you determine what product and dose may be best for your needs. After that, all it takes is to get a form filled out and you will be called when your order is ready. Easy-peasy! Here is a testimonial from a special order patient at Organtica:

“This company has worked with us to get [my husband] a consistent dose of CBD and THC. They are the only store that treated him as a patient. The only store that has capsules with consistent dose of cannabis. They understand that each patient has different needs. They worked with us on how to know what he needed. They have classes that help you understand what works for certain conditions. I am so grateful. With the 30mg CBD 5mg THC capsules we have been able to take him off of 8 harmful medications. We have just discovered the one to one capsules that work for his migraine. This will take him off of all opiates. Making it 9 harmful medications he has stopped. Organtica has so much to offer.” – Ronda R. Albuquerque, NM

With medicine, sex matters?

Another thing to consider is that drugs, even cannabis preparations, may affect men and women differently. For example, in 2014 it was discovered that Ambien, the prescription sleep aid, affects women so differently than men that the suggested dose for women was chaanged to half of what is prescribed to men. As it turns out, Big Pharma was only testing their new drugs on male animals because females have “those pesky hormones” that may alter the tests. Well, DUH! Women’s physiology is different that men. Not exactly a big secret, but these companies ignore it just the same. Read more about this in a report from the 60 Minutes web site. Very interesting stuff. Sex matters: Drugs can affect sexes differently.

Really, all medicines including cannabis medications, can affect each of us a little differently. Act accordingly.