Which offers give me reason to pause?

Is medicine being supplied without a prescription?

As of September 2026, federal law is broken when a prescription medicine is supplied without a prescription from someone licensed to write it.

Ask for that person’s name and how they will check your problem before offering medicine.

Is a made-to-order medicine called approved?

Compounding means making medicine to order; as of September 2026, these products do not have Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

In guidance available in September 2026, FDA says it is misleading to describe a drug prepared to order as identical to an approved drug.

FDA also calls it misleading to say studies in people prove that a made-to-order drug gives the same results as an approved drug.

“Clinically proven” is a claim about proof from studies in people. Ask which studies tested this exact medicine and what they found.

Is a research label being used to explain the offer?

As checked in September 2026, FDA has warned about sellers offering unapproved drugs for use in people despite research-only labels.

Ask for the medicine’s approval record. For a medicine prepared to order, ask the prescriber which rule permits its supply.

Can I tell who made the medicine?

FDA has found false pharmacy details on compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide labels, including names of pharmacies that do not exist.

FDA says online patients may be unaware of the pharmacy or other facility that prepared their medicine to order.

Ask for the maker’s full name, as well as the name of the pharmacy sending the medicine.

Does polished advertising prove the claim?

The Federal Trade Commission says health adverts are not approved by a government agency before publication.

It also warns of fake seals that seem official and fake money-back claims on health websites.

Read past the appearance. Request evidence for the specific product and for its proposed use.