Does an offer rush past the medicine's name, the assessment, or the pharmacy? Pause there. Ask for an answer you can keep and check.
Medicine sold without a valid prescription
Federal law, as of September 26, 2026, requires a valid prescription before prescription medicine can be supplied.
A prescription is an order from a professional with authority to prescribe. A payment screen does not replace it.
An approval claim on a custom medicine
An FDA approval claim for a compounded medicine is false, as of September 26, 2026.
FDA is the Food and Drug Administration. Compounded means prepared to order.
These medicines go on sale without FDA reviewing product quality, safety, or whether the medicine works.
Ask for that distinction to be clear in the offer.
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A research label beside a health promise
As of September 26, 2026, FDA letters explain that a research label does not change a product's drug status when it is marketed for human treatment.
Ask: Is this a medicine meant for people? Who will assess me and write the prescription? Why does the container say it is for research?
A code offered as proof
FDA approval is not established by a National Drug Code, as of September 26, 2026.
The code identifies a product in a directory. Ask for the approval record from FDA that matches the exact medicine being offered.
Payment that cannot be questioned
The Federal Trade Commission says demands to pay only by transfer, cryptocurrency, payment app, or gift card are likely scams.
The Federal Trade Commission is the US consumer protection agency. The word only matters: this is about a demand that rules out other payment methods.
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