Whether you are a professional athlete or amateur sports enthusiast, compounding can offer significant benefits for every type of athlete. Athletes often achieve rapid recovery by using topical agents prepared by compounding pharmacists. Compounding allows pharmacists to collaborate closely with athletes, physicians, or trainers to prepare customized dosage strengths, potency, and delivery systems that maximize therapeutic effects.

Athletes, coaches, trainers, team physicians, physical therapists, and sports enthusiasts encounter various issues, including:

• Acute pain
• Inflammation
• Muscle spasms
• Fungal infections of the skin and nails (athlete’s foot, jock itch, onychomycosis)
• Hemorrhoids
• Excessive perspiration

Our compounding specialists can address these issues and more with customized medications containing the appropriate ingredients in optimal forms to effectively deliver treatment to the affected area.

TRANSDERMAL vs. TOPICAL DRUG DELIVERY IN SPORTS MEDICINE

Many medications used to manage pain, reduce inflammation, and relax muscles also carry the risk of adverse side effects. However, when these medications are applied topically, therapy can be achieved with significantly reduced side effects.

TOPICAL DELIVERY

• Pain Cream
• Peripheral tissue activity
• Reduced likelihood of systemic side effects
• Direct application to the painful site
• Minimal serum levels

TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY

• Systemic activity
• Potential for adverse side effects
• Application over the painful site
• Necessary serum levels for effectiveness

COMMONLY COMPOUNDED SPORTS MEDICINE MEDICATIONS

• Clotrimazole in DMSO solution
• Cyclobenzaprine/Ketoprofen transdermal gel
• Dexamethasone iontophoresis solution
• Fluconazole/Ibuprofen topical gel
• Ketamine/Gabapentin transdermal gel
• Ketoprofen 10%/20% transdermal gel
• LAT topical gel
• NSAIDs
• Nutritional Supplements
• Pregame Rubs with emu oil and anti-spasmodic drugs
• Topical therapies for Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)