Nimodipine Compounded Oral Suspension: A True Documented Medical Need

What happens when there is an entire patient population, not just a specific patient, which cannot take a commercial product due to significant adverse effects, although the commercial product has a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved indication for the medical problem? What should or can be done in this situation? This article discusses this dilemma using a subarachnoid hemorrhage as an example of a true documented medical need, and discusses the option and circumstances surrounding the compounding of a nimodipine oral solution, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved indication for the treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhages.