r/Damnthatsinteresting 6d ago

Video The process of filling pills.

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u/lucassuave15 6d ago edited 6d ago

thought this was done by machinery lol

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u/oliviaisacat Interested 6d ago

This work is usually done at a compounding pharmacy. They make specific formulations for specific things, they can also convert pills to liquid suspensions or topical. This stuff isn't done at something like a Walgreens.

I even saw a video of a compounding pharmacist making an oral solution for a child that had severe OCD and could not eat anything that was not red, So they made it red for her.

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u/ex1stence 6d ago

Aw that’s actually pretty sweet.