Pharmacy check
Find the pharmacy behind the label
A service name is not always the pharmacy name. Ask who actually makes or sends the medicine, then use the state record.
Ask who makes and sends the medicine
The Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, says people using online compounded medicines may not know which pharmacy made them. That makes the pharmacy name the most useful first question.
Pharmacies are licensed by state boards of pharmacy, not by medical boards.
- Copy the pharmacy name exactly as it appears on the label.
- Find the state where the pharmacy operates.
- Check the licence in that state.
- Check whether it may send medicine into your state.
Registered does not mean approved
A company may advertise its facility as “FDA registered” or its product as “FDA listed.” As of September 2026, the federal rule says those records do not mean the FDA approved the place or product.
Compounded medicines are not FDA-approved. The concern is a false approval claim, not the mere fact that a medicine was compounded.
- A state licence is the basic record to find.
- An FDA registration is not an FDA approval.
- A polished badge is not a public record.
Next in the pathway
Now sort the kind of product on offer
Approved, compounded and research-only are different lanes.