Amy Lamb has been a compounding pharmacist since 2013. She has worked exclusively in compounding pharmacies since that point. She has been doing private patient consultations and pharmacy consulting since 2016. She spent 5 years on the Board of Directors with the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan, including the Compounding Committee and also served 1 year on the board of directeors for the Association of Compounding Pharmacists of Canada. She now hopes to share her ongoing and vast experience in compounding procedures, regulations, quality assurance, and sustainability.
On Compounding Practice:
“I truly believe that this is foundational knowledge for all pharmacies, but it is very complex, time consuming, and often infrequently utilized. The new regulations require a huge investment in time and money, and these measures have been carefully designed to protect our patients and your staff. I want to make this easy for you, but moreover, I want to make this profitable for you. I am a firm believer that if we all can do a good job at basic compounding, a bit of targeted marketing from pharmacies could turn this expense into an opportunity. If you are legally obligated to spend a significant amount of time keeping up with regulations, it seems critical to ensure that new responsibility is profitable.”
On Functional Medicine:
"There is more to improving health outcomes than our current standardized diagnostic and treatment algorithms account for. Each person is an individual with significantly important personal factors that influence diagnoses and appropriate interventions. Functional medicine is the triage system that identifies each patient's personalized and modifiable health factors and applies best-evidenced comprehensive interventions. It increases your opportunities to provide private consultations for patients with complex health issues and is incredibly rewarding in the response and improvements in your patients. I feel like I am finally making the difference I sought out when I became a healthcare professional."
Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan
Board of Directors
Compounding Committee
Association of Compounding Pharmacists of Canada
Pharmacist in "Compounding Pharmacies" (80% or greater volume compounded medicines) 6 years experience
Compounding Supervisor (2 pharmacies): 5 years
Regulatory Review and Support of Compounding Pharmacies
I would like to extend an heartfelt thank you to all of my employers, colleagues and foundations who saw it fitting to help me achieve such a solid education foundation. Thank you for seeing something in me and my passions that was worth investing and believing in the power of personalized medicine. Provided by: Professional Association of Compounding Pharmacists
Hormones Symposium
Pain, Wound, Scar
Hormones in a Day
Pain, Pediatrics, Palliative Care Symposium
Pain, Wound, Scar
Canadian HRT/Anti-Aging Symposium
Dermatology Symposium
Hormone Optimization Symposium
Hormone Replacement Therapy Symposium
Hormone Optimization Symposium
Provided by: Institute for Functional Medicine
Lectures (Authorship and Presentation)
Clinical and financial opportunities in compounding for community pharmacists: Enhancing the value of a prescription (Sponsored by PCCA, presented at Pharmacy U 2018)
Technician leadership in Compounding : Optimizing team dynamics and compounding sustainability (Presented for Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan 2020 Conference Virtual Series)
Enhancing the prescription: Evidence-based, high-quality natural health products to improve patient outcomes (Sponsored by Nature’s Way, Presented at Pharmacy U)
OTC and non-pharmacological optimization of pain management: Enhancing clinical outcomes and reducing opiate use with a comprehensive, patient centered approach (Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, Presented at Pharmacy U)
A Pharmacist's Perspective on Comprehensive Immune Health Consultations and Applications of Low Dose Naltrexone (Presented for LDN Research Trust 2019 International Conference)
