At Hartley Medical, we strive to maintain the optimal environment for compounding sterile drugs. Long before the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter 797’s guidelines for sterile compounding were introduced, we initiated an effective environmental monitoring program that incorporates advanced technology.
It is important to understand value of Hartley Medical’s equipment associated with exceeding USP 797 regulations [...]

Bupivacaine is a local and central nervous system anesthetic drug originally discovered in 1957 along with mepivacaine. German chemical engineers isolated bupivacaine from a compound called cinchocaine. Bupivacaine, which has a unique structural design, produces nerve blocks for up to eight hours and is considered a second-line drug for the treatment of pain by the [...]

The drug clonidine hydrochloride was synthesized in 1962 as a derivative of a known alpha sympathomimetic drug, naphazoline, which proved to be an effective treatment for mild to severe hypertension. Clonidine was discovered by scientists at Boehringer and marketed under the brand name of Catapres. It is classified as an alpha 2 adrenergic agonist for [...]