Skip to the answer Cognitive peptide handbook A guide to care questions What is it? Does it help? Can I get it? How do visits work? What will I pay? What could go wrong? Before trusting the claim Which claims deserve a pause? Check the claim before admiring the pitch. Clear names and records give you more to work with than seals and slogans. Care facts as of September 2026. Keep in mind Pause at a vague identity, a missing prescription or an approval claim that cannot be explained. What if no prescription is needed? U.S. law requires a valid prescription when a prescription medicine is dispensed, as of September 2026. A prescription is the order from a licensed prescriber. Ask who performs the assessment that would lead to it. What if the website looks convincing? The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. consumer agency, says official-looking seals and money-back guarantees on health sites can be faked. Use the relevant board record rather than letting a badge finish the check. Does a research-use label mean I can use it as medicine? FDA, the U.S. drug agency, has challenged products labelled for research use only when their adverts showed they were meant for people. In letters checked in September 2026, FDA accused specific sellers of breaking drug rules. Those accusations are not court decisions. Do not treat a research-use label as an answer about whether the product may be supplied as medicine. Ask the prescriber to explain that product’s status. What if the price looks very low? FDA includes implausible discounts among pharmacy cautions, but a low price alone does not prove wrongdoing. Check the prescription, pharmacy identity and licence as well as the full bill. Does that claim hold up? Does a product code certify that a drug is approved? An NDC is a drug directory code; as of September 2026, receiving one does not confer FDA approval. Can a custom medicine truthfully claim FDA approval? As of September 2026, describing a compounded drug as FDA-approved is false or misleading under FDA guidance. What can I take away? Pause at a vague identity, a missing prescription or an approval claim that cannot be explained. What can I read next? FDA: online pharmacy checks Look at the whole set of signs; appearance or price alone leaves much unanswered. FTC: health sites and convincing seals Read for the caution about logos. Use the current board record when checking a pharmacy. Read this chapter as text Follow the next question How can I check a doctor’s licence? Who makes and sends the medicine? Can this exact treatment be offered? Use this handbook to weigh a care offer. There is no clinic behind it, and no medicine is sold here. Start again Source notes Text index Back to question tabs