We have a drug shortage that will be affecting the drug being given to a 7 month old.  I need to get copies of these articles fast.  They are trying to find written instructions for compounding neomycin.  They have the ingredients from the pharmaceutical company but no written directions.  I'm not sure if these articles will help.  Neomycin is an old drug and it was used this way long ago but not recently have they need to break up the pills to make the compound.

All of these are from the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding which isn't even indexed in PubMed and is only in EMBASE for a few years back.

Metronidazole and Neomycin Sulfate Irrigation Solution
Issue:  Jul/Aug 2001 - Sterile Product Compounding
Author(s):  Allen Loyd V Jr

Recommendations for compounding medications for feeding tube administration
Klang M.  International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding 2010 14:4 (276-282)

Compounding for a Pediatric Hospital
Author(s):  McElhiney Linda F 
Issue:  Nov/Dec 2005 - Pediatrics  	
423-431

Pediatric Oral Liquid Preparations  	
Fonseca Simonne C, Ferreira Anderson de O   	
Nov/Dec 2005  	
437-442 

We are hoping something from one of these will help or at least give them some guidelines to use. 

Thanks in advance!!!!!!

Julie

Julie Esparza
Clinical Medical Librarian
Department of Medical Library Science
LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
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