Federal fact file dated September 26, 2026.
Pause when the offer skips the prescription
An offer can sound clear while leaving out the person, the product or the pharmacy. Ask for those answers before proceeding.
No prescription is a concrete problem
Dispensing a prescription medicine without the required prescription violates federal law.
Read the federal prescription requirement
A low price does not answer who assessed you or which pharmacy would supply the medicine. Ask those questions separately.
An approval claim needs the right product
FDA is the federal medicines agency, formally the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Compounding is preparing a medicine to order; the agency does not approve that preparation.
A compounded preparation cannot carry FDA approval, so a claim that it does is false.
Read the FDA’s examples of misleading approval claims
Ask for the exact claim in writing. Compare it with the product record, rather than with an ingredient name elsewhere on the page.
A convincing page can still leave out basic checks
FDA lists missing prescription checks, no pharmacist for questions and damaged packaging among online-pharmacy warning signs.
Read the FDA’s online-pharmacy checks
FDA also cautions that fake storefronts can make an online pharmacy look legitimate.
Ask for the pharmacy name, then use the state board’s records. A polished page or badge is no replacement for that check.
For questions about a proposed medicine’s benefit, ask the person assessing you to show evidence for that product and use.