Products

Our laboratory is able to tailor make your medication to suite your own individual needs. We can:

  • make a hypoallergenic product that avoids any ingredients you may be allergic to.
  • adjust the dose of any medication so you are getting the right dose to suite you in order to minimise any side effects
  • alter the dose form to make it easier to take such as changing difficult to swollow tablets into a liquid suspension
  • flavor your medication in order to make it more palletable
  • obtain certain medications that are effective but no longer in production
  • combine several medications into a single dose for your convenience

In fact there are virtually unlimited possibilities what we can do with your medication to improve your therapeutic outcomes.

We have access to pharmaceutical grade medications and nutraceuticals world wide!

Sensitivities and Allergies

In addition to strict quality control we are also very concerned about what inactive excipients or fillers are used in our products. These are usually the "hidden ingredients" several of which their safety is questionable.

(1) Capsules - We do not use any coloured capsules opting for clear colour free capsules without any artificial colouring agents. We can also use cellulose based "Vege Capsules" on request for those who wish not to take gelatin based capsules. Almost all capsules made in our laboratory are lactose free except for a few we make for individual patents who prefer lactose. If colours are required for identifcation purposes in our formulations then we only use coloured vitamins such as riboflavin which is yellow/orange in colour.

(2) Creams - Our laboratory has formulated our own unique moisturising cream base as we were not satified with any cream bases on the market. Most creams on the market contain ingredients that are well known to cause allergic reactions, disrupt hormone function  (hormone disruptors) or even worse suspected to potentially cause cancer. Our cream base avoids the use of all petrolium based ingredients (paraffins), parabens, sodium lauryl sulphate, propylene glycol, fragrances, artificial colours, waxes and heavy oils. For more information refer to our article Are your Cosmetics Causing you Harm.

(3) Mixtures - Our laboratory only uses the natural plant derived sweetener called stevia or xylitol. We refuse to use any artificial sweeteners such as aspartame which has been identified as a potential neurotoxin. For flavoring agents we use natural oil extracts such as peppermint,spearmint, orange,aniseed and lemon oils, avoiding the use of other artificial flavours.

By carefully selecting the excipients used in our formulations we intent to minimise your exposure to potentially harmful ingredients found in many other products on the market. It also caters to many of our patients whom experience chemical sensitivities, allergies or intollerances.

Some of our most common compounded products Include:

Progesterone Creams                                 Testosterone Liposomal creams

DHEA Capsules                                            Cortisol Capsules

T3 capsules with Methocel                          Thyroid Extract Capsules

Melatonin Capsules/Drops                          7-Keto DHEA Capsules

Chrysin Cream                                               Methylcobalamin Lozenges/Drops

Indol-3-carbinol Capsules                           DMSA Capsules

Glutathione Lotion/Suppositories/Caps   Di-indolmethane Cream

TRIEST/BIEST estrogen creams                Pregnenolone Capsules

Estriol Creams                                               Vitamin D3 Oil Caps

Magnesium Oil                                               EDTA Capsules/Suppositories

Selenium Caps/Drops                                 Minoxidil Lotions  

Amino Acid Combinations                           Vitamin/Mineral Combinations 

TRIMIX Injections                                           Trilostane

Ergoloid Mesylates                                       Piracetam

Selegiline                                                      DMAE

KH3/GH3                                                    Low dose Naltrexone

Some of the most common dose forms produced by our laboratory include

Capsules

Medication can be compounded into individually customised capsule form. The dose can be tailored to suite any individual and can be made to avoid potential allergens. Multiple medications can often be combined into a single dosage or made into controlled release capsules in order to lessen the number of doses that need to be taken.

Lozenges/Troches
Lozenges or troches are a popular dosage form used to keep drugs in the mouth when a local action is required. They also can be placed under the tongue and allowed to dissolve for sublingual delivery, which allows the medication to enter the blood stream quickly and easily.

Transdermal Creams
Transdermal methods of delivery are widely used because they allow the absorption of medicine directly through the skin. Gels, creams and sprays are easy to use and are effective in getting medicine into the bloodstream quickly. Because hormones are fatty molecules, many of them are absorbed very well through the skin and therefore a cream or gel is a very convenient way to deliver the hormone into the system. Dosing hormones this way avoids rapid breakdown by the liver, so a much smaller dose can be used.

Suspensions
Many medications are not available in liquid forms for those patients who have difficulty swallowing tablets and capsules. Other patients may have difficulty tolerating the taste of a commercially available liquid. Through compounding, a pharmacist can make a naturally sweetened, pleasant thing oral solution or suspension that can be administered easily and accurately.

Suppositories
Patients who cannot take medication orally are prime candidates for compounded suppositories. Available in various shapes depending on administration, suppositories can be given rectally, vaginally or urethrally. By melting or dissolving into the body cavity, they pass quickly into the bloodstream. They can be used for delayed-release medications, hormone replacement therapy, or to treat local conditions such as nausea, haemorrhoids, infections or inflammation.


CONSULTATIONS

Consultations are available with Dr Michael Serafin Ph.D and are based on Orthomolecular Medicine.

Orthomolecular Medicine is personalized medicine that deals with primary prevention and treatment of underlying causes of chronic disease.

Orthomolecular Medicine is anchored by an examination of the core clinical imbalances that underlie various disease conditions. Those imbalances arise from inputs such as inadequate diet, nutrients (including air and water), exercise, toxins, infections, heavy metals and stress.

The core clinical imbalances that arise from malfunctions within this complex system include:
·    Hormonal and neurotransmitter imbalances
·    Oxidation-reduction imbalances and mitochondropathy
·    Detoxification and biotransformational imbalances
·    Immune imbalances
·    Inflammatory imbalances
·    Digestive, absorptive, and microbiological imbalances

Imbalances such as these are the precursors to the signs and symptoms by which we detect and label (diagnose) organ system disease. Improving balance – in the patient’s environmental inputs and in the body’s fundamental physiological processes – is the precursor to restoring health and it involves much more than treating the symptoms. Orthomolecular Medicine is dedicated to improving the management of complex, chronic disease by intervening at multiple levels to address these core clinical imbalances and to restore each patient’s functionality and health. Orthomolecular Medicine is not a unique and separate body of knowledge. It is grounded in scientific principles and information widely available in medicine today, combining research from various disciplines into highly detailed yet clinically relevant models of disease pathogenesis and effective clinical management.
  

Nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, glyconutrients), bioactive compounds (e.g. probiotics, herbs, enzymes, etc.) and bioidentical hormones are used therapeutically to assist in the correction of any underlying malfunctioning metabolic pathways which ultimately cause disease. By addressing and treating the underlying cause of the disease allows the body to heal rather than just simply treating the symptoms while the underlying cause still remains.

Nutrients, bioactive compounds and bioidentical hormones can increase or decrease the levels of important chemicals in the body, reduce inflammation, influence hormonal balance, reduce toxic load on the body, influence the balance of neurotransmitters in the brain, improve immune function, reduce oxidative stress, improve digestion and assimilation of foods, improve brain function and emotions, improve energy levels and very importantly treat illness.

Consultations are comprehensive and wholistic in nature which include patient history, therapeutic diets such as alkaline, low reactive or candida diets, determining proper digestion involving gut cleans and repair programes, advice for balancing of thyroid, adrenal and sex hormones, reducing inflammation, controlling the immune system, improving sleep, detoxification including heavy metals, reducing cardiovascular risk factors, brain chemistry rebalancing to help balance emotions and finally clearing any emotional/energetic imbalances which are the real root cause of all illness and disease.

In order to help diagnose the existing condition certain tests may be required such as saliva sex and adrenal hormone analysis, blood or urine thyroid tests, heavy metal analysis, ALCAT food allergy tests, organic acid urine analysis and stool analysis, to name a few. We can organize these for you through an integrative pathology lab we routinely use for all our patients. If any additional blood tests are required we can provide a request for your doctor to organize them for you.

Treatments may involve the use of dietary and lifestyle changes, natural adrenal, sex or thyroid hormones, detoxification and certain natural supplements. If test results indicate you require any bioidentical hormones, which legally require a valid doctors prescription, we will provide a written request to your doctor specifying the preparations you require which you will need to organise with them.

Dr Serafin also practices Esoteric Healing as taught by Universal Medicine as he believes that disease is caused by an energetic/emotional blockage which if left untreated will manifest physically as a disease. He feels that treatment must involve physical support by aiding the bodies physiology in addition to clearing any burried emotions.

Conditions we specialize in include: menopause, thyroid disorders, adrenal exhaustion, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, high cholesterol, high blood pressure), male menopause, depression, anxiety, autism and erectile dysfunction to name a few.

Dr Serafin holds either personal or phone consultations depending on where you may live and bookings are essential.
 
Contact us for more details or to make a booking.

 
Cost is $70 for a 1hour consultation.

NOTE: Dr Serafin is a Ph.D and not a MD and therefore does not write prescriptions. If prescriptions are required as part of your treatment plan you will need to arrange them with your local GP. We can advise you what doctors are sympathetic to natural treatments.