Name: Healthway Compounding Pharmacy
Address: 2544 McLeod Dr N, Saginaw, MI, 48604
Telephone: 989-791-1691

About Us

At Healthway Compounding Pharmacy

we work closely with healthcare providers and patients to compound customized medications specific to each patient’s individual needs. Whether you’re looking for compounded medications, such as custom-made medicines, bio-identical or natural hormone replacement therapy, topical pain medication, special diabetic medications, veterinary medicine, unique dosage forms, herbal medicine, top-of-the-line nutritional supplements, homeopathic remedies, alternative therapies, discontinued prescription medications, we are confident we can help.

Healthway Compounding Pharmacy is your original prescription problem-solving specialists.

From reformulated prescription medications to new combinations of medications, we can make nearly any medication your healthcare provider requests.

Healthway Compounding Pharmacy was the first PCAB accredited compounding pharmacy in Michigan.

This means our patients are assured that we meet nationally accepted quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement standards as determined by the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB).

Commonly Prescribed Compound Medication Solutions

Innovative neurological compounds

Chronic pain managment- including transdermal formulas

Specially developed compounds for Psoriasis

Human Bio-Identical hormones replacement compounds

Ear gels for pets to avoid unpleasantness of oral medications

Specially designed formula dosage forms for hemorrhoids and fissures

Working successfully with fibromyalgia, CFS, and other auto-immune diseased patients

Dental Compounding

Veterinary Compounding

Wound Care and Hospice

Sports Medicine

Physical Therapy

Bio-cosmeceutical agents

Andropause*

Men, just as women, experience many hormonal changes during their lifetime.

As men age, the amount of testosterone produced by their body can decrease. Testosterone is a hormone that is produced by the testes and is responsible for sperm production, red blood cell production, muscle growth, libido, energy levels and male sex characteristics such as a deep voice and body hair.

Lowered levels of testosterone can be characterized by symptoms

Depression

Erectile dysfunction

Loss of libido

Lethargy

Declining muscle tone

Osteoporosis

Sometimes, lifestyle modifications can help to correct the hormonal imbalance*

If you suspect that you are deficient in testosterone, you can speak with your healthcare provider or call Healthway Compounding Pharmacy at 989-791-1691. These lifestyle changes can include:

Exercise that includes aerobic and weight resistant activities

Eating a healthy diet

Weight loss

Smoking cessation

How can Healthway Compounding Pharmacy help?*

We offer personal and confidential consultations with:

Certified menopause/andropause educator Michael Collins, R.PH.

Anti-aging specialist Dr. Keri Topouzian

Certified Nutritionist, Amy Dwyer R.Ph.

Male hormone questionnaire

What Is the treatment for low testosterone?

If it has been determined that your levels of testosterone are low, your healthcare provider may prescribe testosterone. At this point, Healthway Compounding Pharmacy will work alongside your healthcare provider to determine what your best option is. *Our main objective at Healthway Compounding Pharmacy, is to to have you feeling like yourself again!

Healthway customizes dosages to fit the needs of each patient

Healthway offers testosterone in the form of a topical gel as opposed to an injectable medication

Testosterone delivered transdermally proves to be absorbed more readily than other dosage forms

We can add DHEA that may support heart and brain health

Our formulations may be more cost effective

Erectile Dysfunction*

Erectile dysfunction, or ED, is the inability to achieve or sustain an erection suitable for sexual intercourse.

This may be the result of medications, chronic illnesses, poor blood flow to the penis, drinking too much alcohol, or being too tired. Sometimes lifestyle changes, medications, and other treatments are often used to treat ED.

If your prescriber has prescribed a medication for ED, contact Healthway Compounding Pharmacy.

We will work alongside your physician to offer you customized treatment options that suit your individual needs. Healthway Compounding Pharmacy can prepare dosage strengths that are unique to you and which may not be available by manufacturers. An often prescribed treatment for ED is an injectable formulation: Bi-mix, Tri-mix or Quad-mix.

Because we understand that ED is an intimate problem

we offer personal, private consultations with our pharmacist to discuss your treatment.

Healthy lifestyle choices*

Call 989-791-1691, or visit us to learn more about leading a healthy lifestyle. Healthway Compounding Pharmacy offers:

Nutritional consultations with a Certified Nutritionist, Amy Dwyer, R.PH.

Flavored nicotine lollipops to assist with smoking cessation. Prescription required.

Pharmaceutical grade, third party approved nutritional supplements so you can be sure that you are getting the best in quality supplements.

Monthly, health related email newsletters. Register to receive.

* Consultation with the pharmacist is not be be deemed in place of or equal to to a thorough review and check by your physician. Nothing herein is intended to replace or influence the independent judgement of any licensed professional. Consult with your healthcare professional. Our pharmacy works with prescribers to provide compounded solutions to medication problems. No claims are made as to the efficacy, safety or use of compounded formulations. Formulations not FDA approved. The information provided herein is for reference only and is not to be relied upon as making any representation as to the efficacy of any particular formulations. Products not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.

Human Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement

The natural HRT choice. Throughout a woman’s lifetime she may encounter numerous hormone-related symptoms or problems.

PMS

Mood swings

Hot flashes

Night sweats

Low libido

Heart disease

Osteoporosis

Weight gain

Infertility

Endometriosis

Painful menstruation

Fibrocystic breasts

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Today there is an alternative to traditional synthetic hormone replacement (conjugated equine, or horse, estrogens and medroxyprogesterone).

It’s natural human-identical hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and Healthway Compounding Pharmacy has it for you.

Human-identical HRT includes estrogens (estrone, estrodiol & estriol), progesterone, testosterone, DHEA and pregnenolone.

These are the same hormones your body has made all your life, unlike synthetic hormones which are not identical to your hormones.

Healthway Compounding Pharmacy has helped thousands of women with hormone-related problems and we can help you.

We offer private consultations with our specially trained pharmacists. Private consultations allow patients with concerns or questions about hormone replacement therapy to have their questions answered. We will work with you and your physician to develop a customized hormone replacement plan that best suits you.

In order to customize your HRT, it is necessary for you to fill out a patient questionnaire.

To access the HRT patient questionnaire, click on either Female Questionnaire or Male Questionnaire. Once you have filled it out completely, you can fax it to us at 989-791-4603 or mail it. The information will be reviewed at your consultation.

How do you know if you need hormone replacement therapy?

Either your healthcare provider may order a blood serum test, or you may choose to do a saliva test yourself.

Saliva hormone tests reflect the tissue concentration of your hormones.

Blood and serum tests contain the total hormone, but your tissue are only bathed with the active or effective fraction as found in saliva. Active fraction measurements are superior to blood and urine measurements both in diagnosis and treatment. For more information on saliva testing, please contact the pharmacy at 989-791-1691.

Many women experience significant changes in their health before, during and after menopause.

Many of these health problems are associated with hormone imbalances that may be overcome with HRT. Hormones are powerful chemical messengers that circulate throughout the bloodstream to specific target cells where they generate biological responses. The interdependent relationship between adrenal function and sex hormones has a profound effect on many organ systems.

Women have traditionally used “synthetic” estrogens and progestins (traditional HRT) to protect against osteoporosis and heart disease.

It has been suggested that these “synthetic” hormones offer some protection against heart disease and osteoporosis but have may have unwanted side effects. Because of these side effects many women abandon traditional synthetic HRT very soon after starting. This has led to a strong interest in the use of human-identical hormone replacement therapy.

HRT requires a written prescription by a licensed medical practitioner.

No two women are alike

of course, and the value of human-identical hormone replacement therapy is that it can be adapted to fit your individual body and hormone levels. In fact, hormones can be made in a variety of strengths and dosage forms including capsules, topical creams and gels, suppositories and sublingual troches or lozenges. With the help of your doctor and a compounding pharmacist, a woman can start and maintain a human-identical hormone replacement regimen that closely mimics what her body has been doing naturally for years.

There are over the counter products for perimenopause and menopausal symptoms.

For more information please call or visit our pharmacy.

Human-Identical or “Natural” vs Synthetic

Human-Identical means that the hormones are an exact match to the hormones produced by the human body.

This is often also called natural hormone replacement therapy. These hormones get their start in nature, found in soy beans and wild yams, they can then be easily converted into the exact hormones that the body makes. The body can recognize these human-identical hormones and uses them just as it would if they were being produced by the ovaries, testes, or adrenal glands. Most side effects seen with human-identical hormones are associated with incorrect dosing. By making slight variations in the dose, or dosage form, the side effects often disappear.

Synthetic hormones, or traditional hormone replacement, are not easily recognized by the body even though they may produce similar effects.

Because they are hundreds of times more potent than the hormones that our bodies make, they are linked to many side effects.

Human-identical hormone replacement products need to be compounded by a compounding pharmacy

like Healthway Compounding Pharmacy. Compounding offers you and your physician a choice for individualized hormone treatment.

Estrogen - Natural Human-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Estrogen is not a single hormone. It is a group of three different, but related, hormones that perform functions that we normally attribute to “estrogen”.

The three different natural estrogens that predominate in adult women

Estrone

(approximately 10-20% of circulating estrogens) = E1.

Estradiol

(approximately 10-20% of circulating estrogens) = E2.

Estriol

(approximately 60-80% of circulating estrogens) = E3.

Conjugated equine estrogen, in contrast, contain the following estrogens

Derived from the urine of pregnant femail horses is only natural to horses.

Estrone

Equilin

Estradiol + Others

Possible Unwanted Effects of Conventional “Estrogen” Replacement

Breast Tenderness

Headaches

Leg Cramps

Gallstones

Worsened Uterine Fibroids and Endometriosis

Vaginal Bleeding

High Blood Pressure

Blood Clots

Nausea & Vomiting

Fluid Retention

Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Increased Risk of Endometrial Cancer and Breast Cancer

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Healthway Compounding Pharmacy has helped thousands of women with hormone-related problems and we can help you.

We offer private consultations with our specially trained pharmacists. Private consultations allow patients with concerns or questions about natural hormone replacement therapy to have their questions answered. We will work with you and your physician to develop a customized hormone replacement plan that best suits you.

How do you know you need hormone replacement therapy?

Either your physician may order a blood serum test or you may choose to do a saliva test yourself.

Saliva hormone tests reflect the tissue concentration of your hormones.

Blood and serum tests contain the total hormone, but your tissue are only bathed with the active or effective fraction as found in saliva. Active fraction measurements are superior to blood and urine measurements both in diagnosis and treatment.

Progesterone – Natural Human-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

There are two types of Progesterone to choose from-natural or synthetic. Natural progesterone is an exact chemical copy of the progesterone produced by your body. It is made from yams and soybean plants rich in compounds known as phytoestrogens, which have hormone-like properties. It is an exact chemical copy of the progesterone produced by your body. Synthetic progesterone, or progestin, is a chemical analog similar to progesterone, but different enough to have some dramatic side effects.

Functions of Natural Progesterone

Precursor of other sex hormones (e.g. estrogen and testosterone)

Maintains secretory endometrium

Protects against fibrocystic breasts

Natural diuretic

Helps use fat for energy

Is a natural antidepressant

Helps thyroid hormone action

Normalizes blood clotting

Restores libido

Helps normalize blood sugar levels

Normalizes zinc and copper levels

Restores proper cell oxygen levels

Protects against endometrial cancer

Helps protects against breast cancer

Stimulates osteoblast-mediated bone building

Necessary for survival of embryo and fetus throughout gestation

Precursor of cortisone synthesis of adrenal cortex

Possible Adverse Reactions to Progestins

e.g. medroxy-progesterone.

Acne

Amenorrhea

Backaches

Breakthrough Bleeding

Breast Tenderness

Cerebral Bleeding

Change in Weight

Cholestatic Jaundice

Decreased Glucose Tolerance

Diarrhea

Dizziness

Edema

Fever

Fluid Retention

Flushing

Gastric Regurgitation

Headaches

Insomnia

Irritability

Jitteriness

Lethargy

Loss of Scalp Hair

Mental Depression

Nausea

Nervousness

Pulmonary Embolism

Respiratory Depression

Seizure

Genital Abnormalities on women during first months of pregnancy

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Healthway Compounding Pharmacy has helped thousands of women with hormone-related problems and we can help you.

We offer private consultations with our specially trained pharmacists. Private consultations allow patients with concerns or questions about natural hormone replacement therapy to have their questions answered. We will work with you and your physician to develop a customized hormone replacement plan that best suits you.

How do you know you need hormone replacement therapy?

Either your physician may order a blood serum test or you may choose to do a saliva test yourself.

Saliva hormone tests reflect the tissue concentration of you hormones.

Blood and serum tests contain the total hormone, but your tissues are only bathed with the active or effective fraction as found in saliva. Active fraction measurements are superior to blood and urine measurements both in diagnosis and treatment.

Testosterone – Natural Human-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Natural Human Testosterone

When replacing inadequate testosterone levels can:

Protect the Heart

Improve Mental Alertness

Make Bones Stronger (increase calcium retention)

Revive a Lagging Sex Life

Women receiving testosterone postmenopausal increases in

Sexual Response

Frequency of Sexual Intercourse

Sexual Desire

Number of Sexual Fantasies

Level of Sexual Arousal

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The ovaries continue to secrete testosterone following menopause, but there is a gradual decline as a woman ages.

This decline is not as rapid or substantial as the decline in level of estrogen and progesterone.

At physiological doses, testosterone has been shown to function like estrogens in reducing menopausal symptoms.

If can be converted to estradiol in the hormone cascade.

Healthway Compounding Pharmacy has helped thousands of women with hormone-related problems and we can help you.

We offer private consultations with our specially trained pharmacists. Private consultations allow patients with concerns or questions about natural hormone replacement therapy to have their questions answered. We will work with you and your physician to develop a customized hormone replacement plan that best suits you.

How do you know you need hormone replacement therapy?

Either your physician may order a blood serum test or you may choose to do a saliva test.

Saliva hormone tests reflect the tissue concentration of your hormones.

Blood and serum tests contain the total hormone, but your tissue are only bathed with the active or effective fraction as found in saliva. Active fraction measurements are superior to blood and urine measurements both in diagnosis and treatment.

Pregnenolone and DHEA – Natural Human-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Pregnenolone is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands, and synthesized directly from cholesterol. It, along with DHEA, sits atop what is known as the hormonal cascade. From DHEA and Pregnenolone, all other steroid hormones are created.

Pregnenolone

which is made by the supporting tissues of the brain, can both stimulate and calm the brain. It activates the neuroreceptors, which take up glutamine, a substance which stimulates the brain. Pregnenolone seems to calm the brain by activating GABA receptors.

Improves Mood Disorders

Improves Memory Loss

Improves Psychomotor Performance, especially in the face of fatigue

DHEA

DHEA is referred to as the “mother” hormone because it’s more prolific than any other hormone produced by the adrenal glands. This hormone, like the others, decreases with age. A peak level occurs at ages 25-30.

Restoring DHEA to youthful levels may help safely boost estrogen and testosterone levels

Prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer

Increased feeling of well being and a more positive outlook on life

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Healthway Compounding Pharmacy has helped thousands of women with hormone-related problems and we can help you.

We offer private consultations with our specially trained pharmacists. Private consultations allow patients with concerns or questions about natural hormone replacement therapy to have their questions answered. We will work with you and your physician to develop a customized hormone replacement plan that best suits you.

How do you know you need hormone replacement therapy?

Either your physician may order a blood serum test or you may choose to do a saliva test yourself.

Saliva hormone tests reflect the tissue concentration of your hormones.

Blood and serum tests contain the total hormone, but your tissue are only bathed with the active or effective fraction as found in saliva. Active fraction measurements both in diagnosis and treatment.

Specialized Medicine Management

Healthway Compounding Pharmacy specializes in preparing customized / specialized pain management systems to meet patient needs. Whether you suffer from arthritis, neuropathic pain, or cancer pain, Healthway Compounding Pharmacy can compound a medicine to assist you and your physician in developing a pain management program tailored to your specific needs with the least possible side effects.