’Just a Technician’ Doesn’t Exist: Adrianna Rodriguez on Non-Sterile Compounding Leadership | Strive Pharmacy, San Antonio, TX

Host Erin Michael welcomes Adrianna Rodriguez, CPhT, Non-Sterile Lead Technician at Strive Pharmacy in San Antonio, Texas, for an inspiring conversation about pharmacy technician excellence and the evolution of the profession.

 

In this episode, Adrianna covers:

• Her journey from high school dropout to certified pharmacy technician and compounding leader
• Transitioning from retail pharmacy (Walgreens) to specialty compounding

• Leading non-sterile compounding operations at one of the fastest-growing pharmacies in the country

• Quality assurance: triple-checking processes, USP 795/800 compliance, and minimum weighable quantities

• Creating custom formulations including suppositories, capsules, topical compounds, and rapid-dissolve tablets

• Why "just a technician" doesn't exist—and the expanding scope of pharmacy technician practice

• Staying current with continuing education through PCCA, APhA, NPTA, and industry newsletters

• Her memorable patient impact story: creating a custom prednisone tablet troche for a pediatric patient

Additional Links:

 

PATH: PccarxPCCA Tech Summit 

 

PCCA Core Compounding training: PccarxPCCA CORE Compounding

 

PCCA Technician Summit/Symposium :

AppleLive from the 2025 PCCA Technician Summit with Tiffany Kofroth, CSPT, CPhT-Adv & Mindy Stephens 

 

April 29-30 PCCA Compounding Technician Summit: PccarxPCCA Tech Summit

 

Past Episodes:

AppleCommon USP 800 Questions and Misconceptions with Matt Martin

 

AppleThe New USP 795 with A.J. Day & Matt Martin

 

AppleTech Talk: Mike Johnston the Accidental Technician