Nekos-Dedrick’s Pharmacy is working with dentists from all over Ulster County and the Hudson Valley to help make your dental experience a good one. Through the art of compounding dental medicines we can, upon the receipt of a prescription, compound:

• Lip balms for viral lesions, with and without SPF
• Transdermal muscle relaxants
• Topical anesthetics
• Non-staining antibacterial rinses
• Lollipops for dry mouth, sedation, and pain
• Mouthwashes for aphthous ulcers
• Whitening toothpastes
• Bleaching gels
• Mouth rinses to minimize oral bleeding during exams
• Mucosal bandages
• Sterile injectables
• Lozenges and rinses for dry mouth, bad breath, and Burning Mouth Syndrome

Do you suffer from gag reflex?
In addition to the products mentioned, several patients suffer form gag reflex while undergoing dental procedures. The compounding pharmacist at Nekos-Dedrick’s can make you an electrolyte tablet that would be administered and retained intra-orally a few minutes before the start of the procedure to help suppress the gag reflex.

Have you had radiation therapy of the head or neck region recently?
When a person receives radiation or chemotherapy, mouth tenderness and infections of the mucosal region can cause significant pain that can interfere with a person’s ability to eat function. We can compound lollipops, lozenges, and oral rinses which contain antibiotics, anesthetics, and protective agents to help heal damaged and painful mucosa.

Do you have chronic joint pain?
If you experience chronic joint pain, you might be one of many Americans who suffer from TMJ. Many times a Dentist or MD will prescribe oral pain medication for this disease. Often the oral pain medication will help the pain but leave the persontired and knocked out. We can now compound pain medications that can be applied topically to the site of pain. By applying the medication topically, you get the relief you need, iwithout the unpleasant side effects.

Types of dosage forms we compound include:

• Gargles and rinses
• Suckers
• Lip balms
• Topical gels
• Anesthetic sprays
• Toothpastes
• Bleaching gels
• Chewable flavored troches
• Lollipops
• Topical powders