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Welcome to Alive and Well, where we redefine healthcare with personalized medication solutions in Austin. We’re committed to ensuring your medication meets your unique needs, offering a tailored approach to health that emphasizes individual care and wellness. As your health partners, we’re dedicated to providing exceptional service, ensuring every solution is as unique as you are.
As a leading compounding pharmacy in Austin, TX, Alive and Well offers specialized services from compounded prescriptions to unique formulations. We collaborate closely with healthcare providers to deliver care that’s precisely tailored to you. Our skilled staff excels in finding the suitable medications for various needs, including pain management, hormone therapy, and dermatology, aiming to improve your health and wellbeing.
Choosing Alive and Well means enjoying numerous benefits, including personalized care that targets your specific health needs. Our approach enhances medication efficacy and minimizes side effects by focusing on your unique requirements and avoiding unnecessary ingredients. We pride ourselves on a collaborative healthcare approach, working alongside your healthcare providers to ensure a unified and effective treatment plan. Trust us to offer a healthcare experience that not only meets but exceeds your expectations, leading you toward a healthier life.
At Alive and Well, our compounding pharmacy services play a crucial role in addressing a wide range of health concerns, offering bespoke solutions that cater directly to individual patient needs and the healthcare community. Here are some key applications:
Our compounding services offer tailored pain relief options for those dealing with chronic pain, where generic medications may not be effective or cause side effects. By customizing the strength and formulation, we provide targeted relief that aligns with each patient’s specific condition and tolerance, enhancing comfort and functionality.
We specialize in creating compounded hormone replacement therapies for individuals experiencing hormonal imbalances due to conditions like menopause, thyroid disorders, or adrenal fatigue. Our customized solutions are designed to mimic natural hormone levels closely, offering relief from symptoms and promoting overall hormonal health.
Children often struggle with standard medication forms or flavors, making treatment challenging. Our compounding pharmacists create kid-friendly formulations in easy-to-take forms and appealing flavors, ensuring that young patients receive their necessary medication without distress.
For skin conditions such as eczema, acne, or psoriasis, over-the-counter treatments may not always provide relief. Compounded dermatological preparations can be formulated to target specific symptoms and skin types, incorporating active ingredients into suitable bases that enhance treatment efficacy while minimizing irritation.
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Our consultation process in our compounding pharmacy is designed to understand your unique healthcare needs deeply. During your consultation, a pharmacist will review your medical history, current medications, and any health concerns or goals you have. This allows us to work collaboratively with your healthcare providers to create a customized medication plan that addresses your specific needs and enhances your overall health and well being.
Most insurance plans are accepted at Alive and Well. Copays for compounded medications are typically the same as they would be for traditional medications at any other pharmacy. We encourage you to contact us directly with your insurance information so we can verify your coverage and discuss any out-of-pocket costs you may incur.
Yes, Alive and Well offers convenient delivery services across the entire state of Texas. We understand the importance of easy access to your medications, which is why we provide delivery for a flat rate fee of just $3.99, regardless of order size. This ensures that your customized medications are delivered safely and promptly to your doorstep.
Absolutely! Alive and Well is equipped to provide both traditional prescriptions and customized compounded medications. Our dual capability allows us to serve a broader range of healthcare needs, ensuring that you receive the most appropriate and effective medication, whether it’s a standard prescription or a specialized compound.
At Alive and Well, safety is our top priority. We adhere to strict guidelines and regulations set by the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) to ensure every compound medication meets the highest standards of quality and safety. Our pharmacists and technicians are specially trained in compounding techniques and use state-of-the-art equipment to prepare custom medications with precision and care.
Currently, Alive and Well specializes in non-sterile compounding services and does not provide sterile compounding, such as for IV medications or eye drops.
Acupuncture is a type of traditional Chinese medicine that’s been around for about 2,500 years. It’s used to support wellness and improve overall mental and physical well-being. The acupuncturist places needles into specific points on the skin to help activate an energy in the body, called qi. According to traditional Chinese medicine, qi is the lifeforce energy in the body — it helps regulate and move things in the body to keep us well. Stress, environmental factors, lifestyle behaviors, and genetics are some of the things that can block qi in the body. The needles help to unblock or move qi to other areas in the body to help support wellness.
Acupuncture needles are solid, stainless steel needles that are usually not much larger than a strand of hair. Acupuncture needles are placed at a very shallow depth and go between tissues, making them less painful than a typical injection.
You might be more sensitive in certain areas, but acupuncture shouldn’t hurt. If you feel pain, tell your acupuncturist. They’ll adjust the needles or choose other points. Their goal is not to make you feel pain. They do a lot of work to position you properly and make sure you feel comfortable.
Indeed you can do acupuncture or massage while pregnant. It is safe and our practitioners are very well versed in how to treat pregnant women. Please let us know when you book a treatment if you are pregnant and how far along you are.
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Cindy Nilson is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Full Mesa Carrier, Reiki Master and Intuitive advisor. Utilizing acupuncture, energy-infused acupressure massage therapy and body psychology, she integrates teachings from eastern medicine, shamanism, energy/chakra healing and archetypal patterns to provide a unique diagnostic perspective and treatment experience. Specializing in how stress, our thoughts and emotions affect the physical body, and resourcing from the 10,000 hours spent honing her work, Cindy creates new and exciting collaboratives to her foundations in acupuncture therapy. She believes joining Alive + Well is the joyous culmination of her work and is excited to share this beautiful environment and healing space with her clients.
Cindy holds a B.A. from Texas A&M University and a Masters degree from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine. In 1999 she received her Doctor of Oriental Medicine from the New Mexico State Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. A native of Central Texas, she has been in private practice in Lakeway, where she lives happily married, raising kids.