While most medications today are made for humans, many medicines can and are used in animals at doses, formulas and delivery methods best for your furbaby.

Whether you have dogs and cats or ferrets and guinea pigs, JJ’s Prescription Specialties can prepare and compound a wide range of medications that can treat conditions that ail any pet, such as seizures, ear infections or behavioral issues.

We all know the difficulty of getting a pet to take a pill, so JJ can even compound medications in topical treatments that avoid the dreaded pill form. Learn more here.

Did you know that JJ’s has more than supplements and prescriptions? If you’re scrambling for last-minute holiday gifts, drop by JJ’s Prescription Specialties for a wide selection of luxury soaps, candles, infusers and unique gifts for everyone on your list!

Does your hair look dull or is your skin feeling dry in the winter weather? JJ’s offers Pure Encapsulations’ Hair/Skin/Nails Ultra, a daily supplement that supports healthy hair, skin and nails.

Hair/Skin/Nails Ultra is a blend of key building blocks to support healthy skin elasticity and hydration, healthy hair and nail strength and thickness. The product is gluten-free and made with hypoallergenic ingredients. Buy yours here.

Over 54 million Americans live with osteoporosis and low bone mass, and the progressive bone disease is characterized by a decrease in bone mass and density, which leads to an increased risk of fracture. The form of osteoporosis most common in post-menopausal women is referred to as Primary Type 1, while Primary Type 2 is seen in both males and females after the age of 75.

At JJ’s, our team of medical professionals help patients manage this disease to live active, productive and fulfilling lives. We offer a full line of osteoporosis medications, including Forteo and Prolia. We also offer one-on-one consultations to determine the best path forward with your physician. To sign up for a consultation, click here or call us at 562-7979.

Welcome to the future, Southwest Louisiana. Now, monitoring your health or the health of a loved one is at your fingertips—or, more accurately—on your wrist.

The HELO smart wristband—now available at JJ’s Prescription Specialties—is a sleek, revolutionary health-monitoring bracelet that monitors the wearer’s real-time vital signs, such as blood pressure, breathing rate and heart rate.

Through Bluetooth technology, HELO connects to the HELO smartphone app, which records vital signs and gives the wearer the option to store the results in a history log, allowing the wearer to track health patterns and trends.

HELO can also monitor a loved one’s vital signs and send a signal to a family member if the wearer’s vital signs are outside of a predetermined parameter. Similarly, the HELO’s S.O.S. function sends the wearer’s GPS location to a predetermined list of contacts if the wearer is in need to aid.

HELO is now available to purchase at JJ’s Prescription Specialties—the only licensed HELO vendor in Louisiana. Pricing for the HELO device begins at $349 with discounts for a family pack. Click here to buy yours!

Not all prescriptions are created equal. That’s where compounding comes in. Our team at JJ’s Prescription Specialties can customize medication to meet nearly any need a patient has.

Compounding is the art of preparing medication to fit your personal needs. While commercially available drugs may be difficult to take or contain allergens, compounded medicines are created with you in mind and give your physician an additional resource in effectively treating you.

But many patients who need compounded medicines look to out-of-state pharmacies and providers to meet their needs. These patients may pay upwards of $40 for shipping and handling costs for quality compounding services that can be performed here locally. JJ’s Prescription Specialties can meet the needs of our patients while saving them money and energy.

Your priority should be you and your family’s health, not worrying about the costs of medications. Give our team a call at 337-562-7979 to find out how we can help.

-JJ Gibson, Owner of JJ’s Prescription Specialties

Feeling off balance these days? Are hot flashes or fatigue throwing you out of rhythm? If menopause symptoms are disrupting your days and nights, relief may be close by.

Ultra Menoease is a daily supplement that is specially formulated with pure genistein, microencapsulated BioResponse DIM®, botanicals and nutrients to relieve menopausal symptoms and support healthy estrogen levels in women.

This supplement is sold in a one-month supply at JJ’s Prescription Specialties, or you can click here to buy now.

September is National Self-Care Awareness Month, and it’s time to treat yourself. It seems like we’re always on the go trying to corral our families and have a rewarding career that we often forget about ourselves. Just taking a few minutes each day can keep us happier and healthier, and supplements can go that extra step to support our immune systems while promoting healthy habits.

JJ’s Prescription Specialties only offers the highest-quality supplements. Each patient’s needs are different, and our team will use an individualized approach to find what best suits you.

Whether you want to boost healthy skin, hair and nails, alleviate joint pain, support a healthy GI tract or even get a good night’s sleep, our supplements are here for you.

Click here to schedule a consultation, or call us at 337-562-7979 to find out more.

We welcome your questions. Neuropathic pain is a common condition. Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to peripheral nerves from traumatic injuries, infections, metabolic problems, inherited causes or exposure to toxins. One of the most common causes is diabetes mellitus. It often causes weakness, numbness and pain, usually in the hands and feet but it can also affect other areas of your body. People with peripheral neuropathy generally describe the pain as stabbing, burning or tingling.

Another problem that can progress to chronic neuropathic pain is postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a complication of shingles. Shingles (medically known as herpes zoster) result from the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that is most commonly contracted during childhood in the form of chickenpox. Virus that had remained dormant for decades can re-manifest as a painful, blistering, and vesicular rash. While the characteristic rash of herpes zoster usually clears within 2 to 4 weeks, 20% of people may experience pain in the form of PHN that persists after the rash has healed. The pain is a consequence of peripheral nerve damage caused by the herpes zoster attack, and can persist for years. Risk factors for PHN include advanced age, female gender, chronic disease, immunocompromised condition, and a greater severity of outbreak and pain during the acute phase.

The management of chronic neuropathic pain is challenging and as many as half of patients fail to respond to any conventional (commercially available) treatment. Other patients may experience limited benefits even when taking multiple medications. Health care providers have increasing interest in the optimization and personalization of therapy based upon the underlying cause of neuropathic pain and the patient’s symptoms.

Treatment options to date have mainly been centered on oral therapies, including tricyclic antidepressants, opioid analgesics, and corticosteroids. Therapeutic doses of these oral medications often carry a high risk of side effects and even opioid addiction.

Oral gabapentin is a common treatment for neuropathic pain, although doses that are adequate to provide pain relief usually produce intolerable drowsiness or dizziness. Small studies and case reports have found that topical application of compounded gabapentin gel relieved neuropathic pain without unwanted systemic side effects.

Some people with peripheral neuropathy have benefitted from these complementary therapies:

• Alpha-lipoic acid – be cautious and talk to your doctor because alpha-lipoic acid can affect blood sugar levels (and diabetes is often the cause of peripheral neuropathy).
• Herbs such as evening primrose oil might help reduce neuropathy pain in people with diabetes. Some herbs interact with medications, so don’t start herbal therapies before discussing with our pharmacist and your doctor.
• Amino acids such as acetyl-L-carnitine might benefit people who have diabetes or who have neuropathic pain following chemotherapy.

Our pharmacist can recommend the product and dose that will be best for you.

Ask our pharmacist how compounded medications and professional quality supplements might help neuropathic pain.

Vaginal atrophy is thinning, drying and inflammation of the vaginal walls due to declining estrogen levels. This occurs most often after menopause and can lead to irritation, itching, burning, distressing urinary symptoms, painful intercourse, and loss of libido.

Administration of intravaginal estrogen is the conventional therapy for vaginal atrophy. The body naturally makes three types of estrogen, each with different actions and potential benefits. Our pharmacist will talk to your doctor about which type of estrogen might be best to treat your specific problem. A compounded preparation containing hyaluronic acid in combination with vitamins A and E in an intravaginal cream may provide an alternative for patients who cannot use hormones.

Our compounding pharmacist will work together with each woman and her physician to customize a prescription medication that is most appropriate to treat her specific problems. We can prepare vaginal creams, suppositories, and even a small vaginal insert with no residual discharge.

We welcome your questions. Call JJ’s Prescription Specialties at 562-7979 for more information.

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Hormone Replacement Consultations

If you would like a personal consultation about Hormone replacement with Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy, please click on the link below and fill out the HORMONE REPLACEMENT FORM and bring a copy in to our pharmacy.

JJ’s Prescription Specialties
4070 Nelson Road
Lake Charles, LA 70605

Female Hormone Evaluation Form

Compounding is the art and science of preparing customized medications in the best strength and dosage form for each individual. Compounded medications can solve problems that don’t respond to commercially available drugs.

Due to stability concerns and the cost of stocking and distributing numerous formulations of each drug, medications are manufactured in a limited number of strengths and dosage forms that will satisfy the needs of most patients. Using pharmaceutical grade chemicals and specialized equipment not found in most pharmacies, we can compound medications in doses and dosage forms that are not commercially available.

We can compound medications into cosmetically appealing topical or transdermal creams and gels, sprays, and powders. Chemicals from FDA-inspected facilities can be utilized to enhance the absorption of topically applied medications.

Oral dosage forms such as lozenges, lollipops and suspensions can be flavored for each individual. Compatible drugs can be combined into a single dosage form to simplify a medication administration schedule and improve compliance and outcomes. We commonly prepare unique formulations that physicians request to meet specific needs of their patients, or “tried and true” formulas acquired during medical training. Our goal is to optimize the care of every patient. Bring us your medication problems!

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When we hear someone say lollipop, we often think of candy, but did you know that a lollipop can be a good way to take your medicine? Compounded medicated lozenges and lollipops are commonly used to treat problems such as infections and inflammation of the mouth. Topical preparations are often preferable to oral medications because a lollipop or lozenge can be held in place to numb a sore area, help to reduce swelling, or to provide an antibiotic or antifungal directly to the site of the infection. However, the benefits of these customized dosage forms are not limited to the mouth; they also can be used to treat nausea, generalized pain and other conditions.

Since a lollipop or lozenge dissolves in the mouth where there is an excellent blood supply, it can have a more rapid onset of action than oral medications that need to be absorbed and transported through the bloodstream to the affected area.

These compounded medications taste pretty good, so they should be stored in child-resistant containers to prevent accidental use or overdose by a child, and also kept away from pets.

Cleansing and moisturizing is often not enough to keep your skin looking its best. Over time, sun exposure can lead to areas of hyperpigmentation. Known as age spots, sun spots or liver spots, these flat dark brown or grayish areas are commonly found on the hands, face, shoulders, and other areas frequently exposed to the sun. The brown pigment in age spots is lipofuscin, a complex mixture of fats, proteins, and metals, especially iron. It is waste from worn-out cellular structures that the body cannot easily eliminate, and it piles up inside cells. In the skin these accumulations create a cosmetic problem.

Because there are many types of hyperpigmentation and many possible causes, treatment can be challenging.  Over-the-counter preparations rarely help. Common skin treatments such as laser therapy or chemical peeling may worsen some conditions. Therefore, one of the most popular treatments is a compounded topical skin lightening cream, which can be customized for each patient’s skin type and problem. Medications can be compounded to be free of allergens, dyes, fragrances and preservatives. Our pharmacist will work with you and your doctor to formulate the best preparation to treat your specific condition.

It can also help to take antioxidants such as vitamin C and vitamin E in appropriate doses. Ask our pharmacist which supplement and dose is best for you.

Other types of skin spots, such as freckles or birthmarks, may be present at birth or develop over time. Medical conditions can also cause dark areas of skin. Even if you decide to live with your age spots, it’s a good idea to see a dermatologist to be sure they are not precancerous or cancerous lesions that have to be removed for medical reasons.

Our compounding pharmacist can work with your doctor to provide the best remedy for difficult-to-treat dermatologic problems.