Thera Peak Pharmacy & Compounding

12/18/2025

🎄 Feeling the Holiday Stress? Let’s Talk About It!

The holidays are joyful, but let’s be real, they can also be exhausting! Between shopping, cooking, cleaning, and celebrating, your body and mind can start to feel the strain. Stress impacts everything from your mood and energy to your digestion, sleep, and even heart health.

Here’s how to support your body through the busy season:
💊 Vitamin B Complex – Helps boost energy, mood, and adrenal function to keep your stress hormones balanced.
🌿 L-Theanine – Found in green tea, this amino acid promotes calm focus and relaxation without drowsiness. It can even help balance caffeine’s effects!
😴 Melatonin – If stress has your sleep off track, melatonin can help you fall asleep faster and wake up refreshed.

Talk with our pharmacist about personalized supplement options that may help you feel your best through all the holiday hustle.

12/17/2025

💊 Personalized Relief for Hemorrhoid Discomfort

Chronic hemorrhoids can cause ongoing pain, itching, and irritation that disrupt daily life. When standard treatments fall short, compounded medications can offer more targeted relief.

Customized formulations combining ingredients like lidocaine (for pain), hydrocortisone (for inflammation), and sucralfate (for tissue protection) can be prepared as creams or specialized suppositories to deliver medication exactly where it’s needed.

These compounded options are especially helpful for patients with persistent symptoms, sensitivities to commercial products, or pregnancy-related discomfort. By working closely with healthcare providers, compounding pharmacists create personalized solutions designed to ease pain and promote healing. 🌿

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12/15/2025

💊 Did You Know Your Medications Could Deplete Key Nutrients?

While prescription drugs are essential for managing many health conditions, some can quietly reduce the body’s levels of important vitamins and minerals. This happens when medications interfere with nutrient absorption, speed up metabolism, or increase excretion.

For example, certain pain relievers may lower antioxidant levels that protect the liver, asthma medications can reduce potassium, and cholesterol-lowering drugs often decrease CoQ10—impacting energy and muscle health. Even common medications for diabetes or heart conditions may affect nutrients like magnesium, zinc, folate, or vitamin B12.

Working with your provider or pharmacist to identify potential nutrient gaps and consider supplementation can help maintain balance, support overall health, and improve long-term outcomes. 🌿

12/14/2025

🐾 Supporting Your Dog’s Heart Health

Hearing that your dog has heart disease can be overwhelming, but with the right care and treatment plan, many dogs can still live long, happy lives. Heart conditions in pets can affect how efficiently the heart pumps blood, leading to symptoms such as coughing, fatigue, or fluid buildup.

Veterinarians often prescribe medications to help strengthen the heart, improve circulation, reduce fluid buildup, and manage blood pressure. These treatments work together to support heart function and improve comfort and quality of life.

For pets who have trouble taking pills, compounding pharmacies can create customized medications in forms that are easier to give, like flavored liquids, chewable treats, or precisely measured doses.

With personalized veterinary care and ongoing monitoring, dogs with heart conditions can continue to enjoy more active, comfortable days with the families who love them. ❤️🐶

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12/12/2025

😴 Struggling with Sleepless Nights?

Insomnia affects nearly 1 in 3 adults and can take a serious toll on your energy, focus, and long-term health. Poor sleep is linked to stress, hormonal changes, chronic pain, and lifestyle habits, making it one of the most common and complex health concerns today.

Simple changes like keeping a consistent bedtime, limiting caffeine, and creating a calm sleep environment can make a big difference. Supplements such as melatonin, magnesium, or chamomile may also help support natural sleep cycles.

When these steps aren’t enough, customized compounded therapies such as hormone creams or sublingual preparations may offer a personalized approach to improving rest. By working with your provider, you can uncover the root cause and find gentle solutions for potentially better sleep and better health.

12/10/2025

💙 Understanding Erectile Dysfunction (ED)

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is more common than many realize and can affect both physical health and emotional well-being. It occurs when achieving or maintaining an er****on becomes difficult, often due to issues with circulation, hormones, or stress.

Common causes include heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and low testosterone. Lifestyle factors like smoking, heavy alcohol use, or inactivity can make symptoms worse, but ED isn’t an inevitable part of aging.

Treatment options range from lifestyle changes and medications to personalized compounded therapies that address each patient’s unique needs. Since ED can also signal underlying health issues, it’s important to talk with a healthcare provider for a tailored approach that supports both confidence and long-term wellness.

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12/08/2025

🍂 Breathe Easier This Fall and Winter 🤧

As cooler weather settles in, seasonal changes often bring an increase in respiratory and sinus concerns. From congestion and sinus pressure to lingering coughs, these symptoms can make even the coziest time of year uncomfortable.

At our compounding pharmacy, we work closely with healthcare providers to prepare personalized medications that target each patient’s specific needs. Compounded options can be tailored for nasal or sinus irrigation, cough relief, or respiratory comfort, aiming to help soothe symptoms and support healing when standard treatments aren’t quite the right fit.

Because every patient and every condition is different, compounding allows for flexibility in dosage forms and ingredient combinations to help support comfort, effectiveness, and ease of use.

If seasonal symptoms are slowing you down, talk to your provider or pharmacist about how a customized compounded solution may help you breathe easier and feel your best this fall and winter.

12/06/2025

Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN): A New Look at Pain and Inflammation

Low Dose Naltrexone, or LDN, is gaining attention for its potential to help regulate the immune system and reduce inflammation in conditions like fibromyalgia, Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.

At very small doses (typically 0.5–4.5 mg), LDN temporarily blocks opioid receptors, encouraging the body to produce more natural endorphins, which may help control pain and immune response. It may also calm overactive immune cells that contribute to chronic inflammation.

Because standard naltrexone tablets come in much higher doses, LDN is prepared through compounding to meet each patient’s needs. With a low side effect profile and growing clinical interest, LDN offers a personalized option for managing chronic pain and autoimmune conditions.

12/05/2025

💗 The Power of Oxytocin

Known as the “bonding hormone,” oxytocin supports emotional connection, intimacy, and calmness. It’s released during moments of closeness, like touch, affection, and social bonding, and helps regulate stress and emotional balance.

Because oxytocin breaks down quickly in the body, compounded nasal or sublingual forms can offer a personalized way to support emotional wellness, postpartum recovery, and connection under a provider’s guidance.

12/03/2025

Psoriasis affects over eight million Americans and causes rapid skin cell buildup that leads to scaly, itchy patches and flare-ups triggered by stress, illness, or weather.

When standard treatments like corticosteroids or vitamin D creams may not provide enough relief, compounded medications can offer a more personalized approach. Compounding allows pharmacists to tailor strength, texture, and ingredients, creating custom creams, gels, or sprays designed for comfort and sensitivity.

Talk to your provider about whether a compounded solution might be right for you.

11/29/2025

11/28/2025

Customized Wound Care for Better Healing

Chronic wounds, ulcers, or surgical scars can be challenging to manage, but compounded medications offer a personalized approach to healing and infection prevention.

At our compounding pharmacy, we work with providers to create customized therapies that may include:
• Antimicrobial agents – help prevent infection and support healing
• Hydrating gels – maintain a moist environment for optimal tissue repair
• Growth factors – stimulate cellular regeneration

Why Compounding Matters

For providers, it means flexibility by combining multiple active ingredients into one preparation and tailoring treatments to individual needs.

For patients, it means convenience, fewer products to use, and formulas made just for their skin type and sensitivities.
When it comes to wound care, personalized medicine can make all the difference.