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Who actually supplies the medicine?

Get the pharmacy's name before agreeing to a care plan that includes medicine. Check the name itself, as well as the service's website.

Start with the name you can look up.

Patients online may lack the name of the maker of their compounded medicine, FDA notes.a

Get the names of the preparing pharmacy and the sending pharmacy. Keep both answers beside the product name.

FDA reports as of September 2026 include fake labels on compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide naming nonexistent pharmacies or pharmacies that never made the product.b

Match the name on the proposed paperwork with the state record. Ask about any difference.

Check the relevant state pharmacy record.

FDA provides a route to each state's pharmacy licence search.c

Before shipping to a patient in another state, pharmacies usually need that state's licence or permit, as most states require as of September 2026.d

The licence record shows the pharmacy is licensed; it does not verify the medicine in your own package.c

Ask the pharmacy about the exact product, who made it and how it will be stored and delivered.

Check the state where you receive the medicine. Ask the pharmacy to explain the permission that applies.

Read a badge for what it actually proves.

As of September 2026, FDA registration means a medicine-making site has entered its details in FDA's records, not that FDA has approved it.e

For a place making batches of medicines, registration as an outsourcing facility brings federal manufacturing quality rules and FDA inspections, as of September 2026.g

It still does not give FDA approval to the medicines made there.

Accreditation is a separate standards check, rather than a state licence.f

PCAB checks whether the pharmacy follows national standards for how it makes medicines.

It does not test every batch or measure how patients do after treatment.f

Ask who issued the badge and which public record matches it. Keep the licence check in your notes.