The Mortar and Pestle Blog

Our expert team shares updates, insights, and guides on the power and potential of custom-compounded medicines.

Sublingual Minoxidil for Hairloss

By Nick Buete

An overview of sublingual versus oral minoxidil for alopecia, focusing on absorption, bioavailability, and the role of compounding in individualised care.

07 Jan 26

Motion Sickness

By Nick Buete

Compounded medicines can offer personalised, flexible solutions for motion sickness—especially when commercial products cause drowsiness, aren’t available, or aren’t suitable for children or people who can’t swallow tablets. Options such as transdermal scopolamine or promethazine, and combinations like scopolamine + caffeine + ginger, provide effective, customisable relief for both adults and kids while reducing unwanted side effects.

15 Nov 25

Medicines and Flavours

By Nick Buete

Why do medicines taste so bad? Discover simple tricks, flavour combos, and how compounding makes them easier to take.

22 Aug 25

Why choose compounded medication

By Nick Buete

Compounded medications offer personalised solutions, adjusting dosage, form, and ingredients for you and your pets when standard medicines don’t quite fit. Talk to our compounding pharmacist today!

04 Aug 25