• Superior therapeutic outcomes through locally enhanced topical delivery
• Improved patient compliance
• Fewer overall side effects than typically found with oral medication
• Reduced risk of dependency/abuse
• Concentration of therapeutic levels of medication in tissues while maintaining low serum concentration
• Reduced systemic toxicity
• Avoidance of first-pass metabolism and GI upsets
• Decreased risk of drug-to-drug interactions

Joint pain is described as any discomfort arising from any joint. The pain is often referred to as arthritis or arthralgia. Joint pain can range from mild discomfort to debilitating pain causing severe limitations in mobility. Although mostly prevalent in the older population, anyone can be affected by joint pain. Daily pain can affect mobility, independence, and quality of life.

NSAIDs have long been known to be highly effective at treating joint pain; however, their risky side effects include gastrointestinal discomfort, gastrointestinal bleeding, and cardiovascular events. Many patients are unable to take oral NSAIDs due to these side effects, but when applied topically, NSAID therapy is a viable and beneficial way to treat joint pain for these patients. Topical pain creams used for joint pain not only drastically reduce these side effects, but also allows for long term use. As a part of the multi-modal treatment plan, topical pain creams can improve a patients’ mobility, independence and quality of life.

National Pain Custom Pharmacy can provide a joint pain cream customizable to a patient’s needs.

Musculoskeletal pain is pain that affects the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and bones. This type of pain can commonly be found in the back, neck, and shoulder. Many patients suffer from widespread musculoskeletal pain.

National Pain Custom Pharmacy can provide a topical musculoskeletal pain cream that will target the specific site of pain. The cream contains multiple agents that target the various pathways that cause musculoskeletal pain. Using a topical cream can decrease the amount of oral pain medications needed, reduce gastrointestinal distress, and decrease the potential for side effects. Furthermore topical cream for musculoskeletal pain is much less invasive and is considered by many to be safer than traditional medications or surgical procedures.

Neuropathic pain can have many causes. Symptoms may include burning, tingling, numbness, and shocks of electricity. These symptoms can drastically affect a person’s quality of life. Treating nerve pain can sometimes be difficult. Oral medications, although effective, have many undesirable side effects. Topical creams for nerve pain can drastically reduce those negative effects by providing relief to the nerves located at the site of the pain while keeping systemic absorption to a minimum. Delivering the right medication to the appropriate trigger point can decrease the amount of oral medication the patient uses.

National Pain Custom Pharmacy can combine the right medications into a topically applied cream that will treat the specific triggers that cause neuropathic pain. Our various pain creams can be customized to meet an individual patient’s needs.

Vascular pain usually occurs in the peripheral extremities. Signs and symptoms include leg pain when walking, burning, cramping, numbness, or weakness. Vascular pain is caused by fatty build up in the arteries which causes the smooth muscle on the interior walls of the arteries to “stiffen” or harden.

Oral medications, procedures and exercise have all shown some benefit in relieving vascular pain, but are not always an option for every patient who suffers from vascular pain. A topical cream allows these patients an alternative to traditional treatments. Compounding specific ingredients that work together to target the pain at the actual site of the pain can provide patients relief they couldn’t find with current treatment options.

Although vascular pain is difficult to treat, we believe that a topical cream from National Pain Custom Pharmacy can be a beneficial adjunct to your patient’s therapy.

Migraine symptoms include severe pain in one or both sides of the head, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, and sensitivity to light and sound. Most of the therapeutic agents recommended to treat migraine attacks are given orally. Oral route administration has disadvantages including first pass metabolism, liver toxicity, etc. Furthermore, oral drugs often cause additional gastrointestinal distress to an already suffering patient.

Transdermal delivery systems for migraine treatment are desirable for many patients, especially those who experience gastrointestinal discomforts. The pharmacists at National Pain Custom Pharmacy can compound specific topical gels to deliver the drugs to the site of the headache.

Our compounded scar creams, can meet each patient’s unique skin care and scar reducing needs. Compounded prescription scar creams will have the optimum dosage and frequency of administration to match a personalized plan, necessary for skin care. Our company provides a solution for various types of scars, where a “one size fits all approach,” such as over-the-counter medications or expensive laser treatments may not be suitable. Compounded scar creams are formulated with various effective ingredients in exact proportions. This custom approach can diminish scars resulting from surgeries, C-Sections, burns or injuries, and help restore the normal texture and color of your skin to the maximum extent possible.