- Custom Strength Medications
- Discontinued or Out of Stock Medications
- Alternate Dosage Forms
- Creams, Ointments and Lotions
- Flavor Specialization (Liver, Beef, Chicken, Fish, Peanut Butter, etc.)
- Sugar-Free Formulations
- Topical Powders
- Transdermals (Thyroid Medication, NSAIDS to avoid GI tract irritation, Antibiotics, etc.)
- Chewable Flavored Troches
- Otic Solutions and Suspensions
- Oral Suspensions and Paste
- Gels – Topical/Oral
- Rectal Enemas/Suppositories
- Combination Medications
The pharmacy has been owned and operated by the Hudacko family since 1921. The pharmacy has deep roots in the Bayonne community, serving residences and local businesses.
Community Ties
We have deep roots in the Bayonne community and the state of New Jersey as a whole. We actively participate in affairs within Bayonne’s government and the New Jersey State University of Rutgers. Each year we assist ambitious students realize their dreams by offering internships and facilitating their career after graduation.
Trustworthy Pharmacy
Our pharmacists are all Board Certified by the State of New Jersey and adhere to a code of ethics. This has been the case from the very beginning when John Hudacko opened in 1921.
Community Mainstay
Our pharmacy has been apart of the Bayonne community since 1921. As the naighborhood changes we have always been here to serve and assist our customers in their everyday life. We have offered gifts and convenience shopping for many years now. Our pharmacy has always been top notch, carrying many hard to find prescriptions and making custom compounds for many special needs.
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At Hudacko’s Pharmacy we don’t practice veterinary medicine. We do help veterinarians, animal care specialists, and pet owners solve medication problems by compounding specialized dosage forms to meet the unique needs of each individual animal.
Like humans, animals come in many different sizes. Most medications, however, come in only a few strengths. Using commercially available medications or from pure bulk chemicals, we can create a customized medication in the appropriate strength for the size and weight of your animal. No more trying to break that pill into 4 equal pieces.
Are you tired of your pet spitting out that pill that you so cleverly hid in his food? Are you tired of getting scratched or bitten as you try to force a tablet into your pet’s mouth? We can create a unique dosage form such as a fish flavored suspension for a cat or a beef flavored suspension for a dog that can be put in with food or directly into the animals mouth. Most pets will like the taste and eat it right up.
Some medications can be compounded into a transdermal gel to be applied to the skin and absorbed into the animal’s blood stream. If your pet licks the medication off of the area where it was applied, don’t worry, because the animal still received its dose.
Some medications that have been discontinued by the manufacturer and are no longer available (e.g. Cisapride, Potassium Bromide, ect.) are still desirable for veterinary use. We can compound these medications into appropriate dosage forms for your pet.
Working together with veterinarians and pet owners and using a little imagination we can help you keep your pets healthy and happy!
Caring for a loved one in a hospice environment can be challenging. You, the physician, and a compounding pharmacist can provide personalized symptom control and pain relief.
The need for hospice compounding is growing. As the elderly population grows, the need for compassionate hospice care becomes more and more relevant. At the heart of hospice care is the belief that each person has the right to die pain free and with dignity. In many cases the care is provided in the patient’s home with a loved one serving as primary caregiver.
Compounding offers options for unique drug combinations that can be prepared to allow patients to continue to live normally within their pain threshold. Many hospice patients have trouble taking their medications. Transdermal gels, flavored troches (placed between the cheek and gum), suppositories, oral suspensions or even lollipops are some of the many alternatives to traditional dosage forms. Relief can be tailored to a patient’s specific needs.
Common symptoms experienced in end-of-life care such as pain, nausea/vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, bedsores, and anxiety can be dealt with through compounding. Hospice care focuses on pain management.
The goal is to relieve as much pain as possible without causing sedation or adverse side effects. Since patients vary in size, tolerance and needs, commercially available medications often do not provide the appropriate strength or method of administration.
Through compounding, a physician and a compounding pharmacist can design a specific medication to the exact needs of the patient.
Managing pain can be a challenging and frustrating experience. Many pain medications, when given in doses that provide pain relief, can cause debilitating side effects. These side effects may include drowsiness and can often prevent people from working or driving a vehicle. Also, many types of pain do not respond well to traditional therapy.
This is where a compounding pharmacist can help. Many oral pain medications can actually be applied topically, right where it hurts!
Topical pain cocktails can work well, especially for the following conditions:
- Muscle pain from injury or soreness/tightness
- Nerve pain from injury or painful conditions such as post-shingles pain
- Joint pain such as that from arthritis or sprains
- Bone pain
- Other types of pain
You may call us with questions about the medication you are currently using for your pain, or you may ask your doctor about using topical compounded pain medication. If your doctor has questions, the doctor is welcome to call us as well.
Dermatological prescriptions frequently need to be compounded. Often, this can be simply the addition of an active drug to a topical cream or lotion or it may require a complex formulation to meet a patient’s specific needs.
Commonly compounded dermatological prescriptions include medications for acne, psoriasis, warts, fungal infections, rosaceae, hyper pigmentation, miscellaneous skin infections and hyperkeratosis among others.
When athletes need help in recovering from injuries or muscle pain, their treatment should be as individualized as they are. At Hudacko’s Pharmacy, we customize medications for anything from tennis elbow and carpal tunnel to muscle spasms, fibromyalgia, and peripheral neuropathies. Our pharmacists can customize medications to fit the weight and body type of any athlete, as well as offer topical gels and pain sticks which can be applied directly to the problem area.
We can provide help with:
- Blisters – Flexible collodion preparations
- Fever Blisters – Lip balms with or without sun block
- Rehydration – Sports drink formulas
- Athlete’s Foot – Topical Antifungals
- Muscle Aches – Topical Gels, Pain Sticks
- Muscle Cramps – Speed Gels, Topicals
- Wounds – Polyox bandages, gels, ointments
- Carpal Tunnel – Transdermal Gels
- Nail Fungus – Antifungal solutions
- Hemorrhoids – Rectal Rocket Suppositories
- Sprains – Transdermal Gels
- Trigger Point – Transdermal Gels
While the location of many oral disease states would allow for ready topical treatment, often the necessary medication is not available in a topical form. However, such medication formats frequently can be provided to the dental medicine professional by a compounding pharmacy.
For example, corticosteroids can be incorporated into a mouth wash for the treatment of canker sores, lichen planus, cicatricial pemphigoid and pemphigus. Further, the pain associated with these conditions can be relieved with the use of a prescription analgesic agent that is compounded with a mucoadhesive agent.
Troches containing an anti-fungal agent for the treatment of thrush and alcohol-free microbicidal mouth rinses helpful in the management of gingivitis and periodontitis also can be compounded.
Our pharmacists can provide the practitioner of dental medicine with a variety of “custom-made” prescription compounded medications that can be helpful in the management of a number of dental disease states.