Compounded medications currently represent an estimated 1% to 3% of all prescriptions written in the United States, according to a recent 2025-2026 report issued by the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding.
“There’s a good chance you know someone who has benefited — or whose pet has benefited — from a compounded drug,” read the report, which was released in March.
According to experts who spoke with Healio — as well as the FDA — compound pharmacies, and the compounded drugs they offer, can fill an important niche for patients who cannot be treated with FDA-approved drugs. For example, a patient