Medication
General information about medication management and usage
Compounded Peptides in 2026: What the FDA Panel Changed, and What a Non-Sterile Pharmacy Can Make Today
In July 2026 an FDA advisory committee recommended six peptides for the 503A list. None of them is legal to compound yet. Here is where each one stands, which peptides are components of approved drugs, and the non-peptide formulas prescribers are asking for most.
Comparing ED Medications: Questions for Your Prescriber
How erectile dysfunction medications differ, and questions to ask your prescriber, including when a compounded form may be prescribed.
Compounding for Pets: How It Works With Your Veterinarian
When a commercial product doesn't fit an animal, your veterinarian can prescribe a compounded medication. Here is what compounding for pets involves and how the prescription reaches us.
Travel Health at Generation Pharmacy: Prescriptions and Pharmacist Consultations
We fill travel-medicine prescriptions from your prescriber, and we offer cash-pay travel health consultations with a pharmacist. Here is what to expect and how to plan.
Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN): Uses, Dosing, and Why It Must Be Compounded
LDN is one of the most widely requested compounded medications. Here's what the research says, how dosing works, and why you can't get it at a chain pharmacy.
Topical Finasteride vs. Oral: Which Is Right for Your Hair Loss?
Topical finasteride delivers the same DHT-blocking power with dramatically lower systemic exposure. Here's the head-to-head comparison your prescriber considers.
Compounded Weight-Management Medications: Metabolic Support Compounds for Providers and Patients
An overview of compounded metabolic-support medications: including metformin ER, low-dose naltrexone, berberine, and lipotropic formulations. that prescribers may order as part of a weight-management plan.
Pet Compounding Pharmacy in Los Angeles: What to Know
How veterinary compounding works at Generation Pharmacy: your veterinarian prescribes, we prepare the medication for one animal, and you get clear directions for giving and storing it.
Oral vs. Topical Minoxidil: Which Is Right for You? (2026 Guide)
Dermatologists increasingly prescribe low-dose oral minoxidil for hair loss. But commercial tablets only come in 2.5 mg and 10 mg. Here's how the oral and topical routes compare, and why precise low doses require compounding.
Topical Dutasteride for Hair Loss: How It Differs from Finasteride and Who Asks for It
Dutasteride blocks both forms of the DHT-producing enzyme. And a topical version exists only through compounding. Here's how it compares to topical finasteride and where the evidence currently stands.
Non-Opioid Topical Pain Creams: What Compounded Diclofenac, Baclofen, and Lidocaine Combos Can (and Can't) Do
Compounded pain creams put NSAIDs, muscle relaxants, anesthetics, and nerve-pain agents directly on the painful area, no opioids involved. An honest look at the evidence, the candidates, and the limits.
Methylene Blue: What It Is, Why It's Trending, and What Patients Should Actually Know
Methylene blue is everywhere in longevity podcasts. And the hype is outrunning the evidence. A conservative guide to what it actually is, the serious SSRI interaction, and why pharmaceutical grade matters.
Oral and Sublingual NAD+ Supplementation: An Honest Look at the Longevity Trend
NAD+ levels decline with age, and restoring them is one of longevity medicine's biggest bets. Here's what oral and sublingual NAD+ and precursor capsules can realistically offer. And where the evidence still runs thin.
How to Get a Prescription for Topical Finasteride (2026 Guide)
No FDA-approved topical finasteride product exists in the United States, every legitimate bottle is prepared by a compounding pharmacy from a prescriber's order. Here's how the process actually works, what to expect on cost, and the sellers to avoid.
How to Get a Prescription for Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) (2026 Guide)
Commercial naltrexone comes only as a 50 mg tablet. But LDN protocols use 0.5–4.5 mg. That gap is why every legitimate LDN prescription runs through a compounding pharmacy. Here's how to get it and what to avoid.
How to Get a Prescription for Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil (2026 Guide)
Commercial minoxidil tablets come only in 2.5 mg and 10 mg, blood-pressure strengths. The 0.625–1.25 mg doses dermatologists actually prescribe for hair loss exist only through compounding. Here's how to get them.
How to Get a Prescription for Topical Dutasteride (2026 Guide)
No drug company anywhere makes a topical dutasteride product. It is purely a compounded medication. Here's how prescriptions for it work, what a compounded solution includes, and how to avoid gray-market sellers.
Compounded Female Arousal Cream: What Prescribers Write (2026)
The sildenafil-based topical known as 'scream cream' has no commercial equivalent. It has always been a compounded, prescription-only formulation. Here's what it is, how prescriptions work, and what to steer clear of.