Dear Veterinarian,

I am Thomas Marks, owner and a professional compounding pharmacist at Martin Avenue Pharmacy. I am an active member of Professional Compounding Centers of America and have been a guest speaker at numerous National and Local Conventions. I have been a pharmacist for over twenty-four years and Martin Avenue Pharmacy is one of the largest compounding pharmacies in the Midwest.

As mentioned throughout this website, Martin Avenue Pharmacy is heavily involved in making compounds to serve patients’ special needs. Our patients include humans and also animals. Although Martin Avenue Pharmacy does not practice veterinary medicine, we are here to serve veterinarians and animal care specialists.

Martin Avenue Pharmacy’s compounding laboratory has over 100 devices. It is these devices that separate us from your regular pharmacy and other compounding pharmacies. Some of the devices that we use are: laminar flow hoods which allows us to create a sterile environment, ointment mills, tube sealers, electronic balances, suppository molds, rectal rocket mold, electric heat and stirrer unit, lozenge and troche molds, lip balm tubes, lollipop molds, a mortar and pestle and the list goes on. It is through the use of these devices and chemicals that we can compound prescription drugs that have become unavailable, discontinued, or let us make any combination of medication your patient needs.

Compounding has several benefits for your patient. First, it allows you to prescribe any dosage strength for your patient. Second, compounding allows you to prescribe a medication in a different dosage form for your patient who can not swallow or may need a liquid. Third, it enables us to change the flavor of a bitter drug or remove a substance that is in the manufactured drug that your patient may be allergic to. Finally, compounding allows you to combine three medicines into one, so it is more convenient and less costly for the patient.

Martin Avenue Pharmacy will be glad to serve you and your patients to improve the quality of care and drug therapy in which you and your patients are receiving. If you would like to see our devices and compounding laboratory, we are located at 10 West Martin Avenue in Naperville, IL. Feel free to give us a call if you have any questions or feel that compounding could benefit your practice today at 1-888-355-6492 or simply return the questionnaire so we can better serve you.

Thank You,


Thomas G. Marks R. Ph.