Refill a prescription
Refill online through our pharmacy portal. First time? Call (319) 337-3526 and we will set up your account while you are on the phone.
Refill a prescription ↗Compounded in Iowa City
A pharmacy that makes your medication, not just hands it to you.
We compound prescriptions at our own lab in Iowa City, at the strength and in the form your prescriber wants.
Our pharmacist can also write the prescription himself, by video or in person. Most people have no idea that is allowed. The consultation is free.
Need a refill or want to move a prescription to us? Refills and transfers
Prescribing services are available only to patients located in Iowa.
Why compounding
Why a compounding pharmacy is different
The dose your prescriber wants is not always a dose somebody manufactures. The pill might only come in 10mg when you need 4. It might contain a dye you react to. It might be a tablet your kid will not swallow, or a capsule you cannot take at all.
A regular pharmacy hands you what the manufacturer made. We mix yours here instead, at your strength, in a form you can take. A cream, a lozenge, a liquid, a capsule without the filler that gives you trouble.
This is not your traditional pharmacy. In Iowa, our pharmacist can review your labs, write the prescription if one is appropriate, and oversee the lab that makes it. In most places that is three offices and three appointments.
Compounded medications are prepared for one patient at a time, from a valid prescription, and are not FDA approved. Use them as prescribed by your healthcare provider.
That is the whole idea. The pharmacist who can help you sort it out will talk to you for free.
By video, or in person in Iowa City.
Made for one patient
What we compound
Everything we compound is prescribed and overseen by a licensed prescriber.
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Hormone therapy
Bioidentical hormone therapy, made at the strength your prescriber orders, in creams, capsules, or lozenges.
↗02Medical weight management
Compounded medications for weight management, prescribed after a free consultation about whether they fit you.
↗03Everything else we make
Thyroid, pain creams, skin preparations, flavored medicine for kids, and prescriptions for pets. If your prescriber can write it, ask us whether we can make it.
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Rooted Intuition is our own line. We also stock Pure Encapsulations. Both sit in the same building as the lab that makes compounded prescriptions.
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Bring your bottles and our pharmacist will tell you what he would keep and what he would drop. Sometimes the answer is that you can stop buying half of it. Talk to our pharmacist
Prescription desk
Already have a prescription?
Transfer to us
Send us the name of your current pharmacy and what you are taking. We handle the rest, and you do not need to call them.
Transfer to us ↗Send us a compounded script
Your prescriber can fax it to 319-337-5271 or send it electronically. We will call you with the price before we make it.
Send us a compounded script ↗Prescribing
Can we prescribe for you?
Prescribing services are available only to patients located in Iowa.
Compounding & shipping
Can we compound and ship to you?
Yes. We compound and dispense medications for patients in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Florida, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with a valid prescription from a licensed prescriber.
From conversation to medication
How it works
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Talk to us
Book a free consultation with our pharmacist, by video or in person in Iowa City. Or if you already have a prescription, skip this step entirely.
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We make it
We compound it in our lab at 901 S 1st Ave, at your strength, in the form that works for you.
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Pick it up or we ship it
Collect it at any of our six locations, or we ship to the states we're licensed in. Most compounds are ready in two days or less.
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About the pharmacist
Aaron McDonough, Pharm.D., runs the lab and answers the phone.
He is the pharmacist responsible for what comes out of our compounding lab at 901 S 1st Ave, and he is who you reach when you call about your prescription. Towncrest has been independently owned since 1963.
The lab is LegitScript certified. Every prescription that leaves it was made for one patient, against one prescription.
A conversation, not a commitment
The consultation is free. No membership, no package, no fee.
Video or in person at 901 S 1st Ave in Iowa City. Fill out the form and Aaron, our pharmacist, calls you back to set up a time. If a prescription is not the right answer, he will tell you that instead.
For prescribers
Are you a prescriber?
We compound for clinics across Eastern Iowa and ship to ten states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Fax 319-337-5271.
Common questions
Frequently asked
What is a compounding pharmacy?+
A compounding pharmacy makes medications from scratch for one patient at a time, instead of dispensing what a manufacturer already produced. We do that here, at our lab in Iowa City, when the dose, the form, or the ingredients you need are not something you can buy off a shelf. Compounded medications are prepared from a valid prescription and are not FDA approved.
Can a pharmacist really write a prescription?+
Yes, in Iowa. Aaron McDonough, Pharm.D., holds the credentials that let a pharmacist write prescriptions, not only fill them. Prescribing services are available only to patients located in Iowa. A consultation does not guarantee that a prescription will be issued.
Where can you send medications?+
We compound and dispense for patients in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Florida, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with a valid prescription from a licensed prescriber.
What does a consultation cost?+
Nothing. It is free, by video or in person at 901 S 1st Ave in Iowa City.
Where are you located?+
We have six locations in Eastern Iowa: Iowa City (two, including our compounding lab at the Wellness Apothecary), Solon, Marengo, New Hampton, and our long-term care pharmacy. Addresses and hours are below.
Do you take insurance?+
For retail prescriptions, yes. Most compounded medications are cash-pay, because insurers often will not cover a preparation made for one patient. We will tell you the price before we make anything.