Costa Rica Blue Book

La Casa Del Boticario

Compounding Pharmacy (and regular pharmacy)

Contact Info:
Website: www.lacasadelboticario.com (future site)
E-mail: Click here!

Tel: (506) 288-2156
Cel: (506) 588-0363

Physical Location:
Plaza Itskatzú

Directions:
Behind Hooters, across from Outback in the strip mall Plaza Itskatzú which is across the autopista from CIMA.

What They Do:
Complete pharmacy plus they do compounding for natural hormone replacement therapy.

Premafarma

Compounding Pharmacy

Contact Info:
Website: www.premafarma.com
E-mail: Click here!

Tel: (506) 2225-3774
Fax: (506) 2225-3794

Physical Location:
Barrio Francisco Peralta, San José, Costa Rica

Directions: On Calle 29 between Ave 8 y Ave 10.

Take Ave 10 from La Sabana. Keep going... the railroad tracks is at Calle 13. Continue East, pass the gas station, climb the little hill and once the hill is flat again, look for Calle 29. Turn left - north - at 29th, it's the third building to your right. A mustard yellow building. (Casa Italia will be 50m North so if you get to Casa Italia, turn around!)

En Español: Su farmacia de preparaciones magistrales está ubicada 50 metros al sur de la Casa Italia, Barrio Francisco Peralta, San José, Costa Rica

What They Do:
Premafarma is the only compounding pharmacy in Costa Rica (we provide compounding services to other drugstores in the country) with an ample variety of formulations and ingredients. We opened Sept 2005 and handle more than 300 formulas and 400 raw materials. We are members of PCCA (Pharmaceutical Compounding Centers of America) and are experienced in many pharmaceutical forms: transdermal gels, troches, capsules, ointments, creams, gels, suppositories, syrups, douches, etc.  We have recently installed a clean room that complies with USP 797 that allows us to do injectables, chelation therapy, combination eye drops, etc.

We are registered suppliers to CCSS and our customers include all major hospitals (CIMA, Clinica Biblica, Clinica Catolica, Hospital Santa Maria, Clinica Santa Rita, Hospital San Juan de Dios CCSS) and the most respected physicians in the Central Plateau.

We are direct importers of all our USP grade materials and have the flexibility of ordering anything needed that is available through our major US catalogs.

Our most requested preparations are:

•    TRI MIX and SUPER TRI MIX (erectile dysfunction)
•    Testosterone 1-10% transdermal gel
•    Bioidentical hormones replacement therapy (creams, suppositories, drops, capsules)
•    Thyroid hormones supplements (T3-T4)
•    PEG 3350 (equivalent to Miralax for constipation control)

Our site in under construction, but we can take orders and consultations by phone or fax (Phone 225-3774, 225-3662, Fax 225-3794) or by e-mail Premafarma@ice.co.cr.  We deliver all over the country and overseas.

Dra. A. Violeta Ovares de la Peña
Pharmacist
Regente PREMAFARMA

About Compounding Pharmacies

This information provided to me by Dra. A. Violeta Ovares de la Peña of PREMAFARMA:

Dear Sara,

We do need a local prescription and there are some physicians that are familiar with US formulations that currently send us prescriptions:

Dr. Paulo Castro Gamboa tel: 234-1402 (San Pedro)

Dr. Rodrigo Núñez tel 229-0006 (his home for appointments, consultations M to F 5 pm to 7:30 pm Coronado 200 m West Municipalidad) rnunez@yahoo.com

Dr. Kenneth Loáciga tel: 257-4215 (San José cerca de Junta de Protección Social)

Dra. Livia Ortuño Pinto tel: 221-5872 (near Clinica Biblica)

Most gynecologists do not “believe” in bioidentical hormones, that is why they do not prescribe.  Dr. Paulo is young and trained in Europe, Dra. Livia trained in the US majoring in anti-aging medication and Dr. Loáciga is local ( I do not know if he speaks English but the other 2 do) but with a great interest in his patients and to be up to date in his practice.  I hope they can be of help to you.   

Regulations indicate that we must receive a valid prescription from a physician authorized to practice in the country (i.e. licensed by the Colegio de Médicos).

Thanks so much for the service given.

Con todo aprecio,

Dra. A. Violeta Ovares de la Peña
Regente PREMAFARMA