Checking an offer
Signals that deserve a hard stop
A polished page can still hide who is prescribing, what is being sent and who made it.
Check records that the seller does not control.
Checked against FDA records and published studies on September 28, 2026.
- Fastest check
- Prescription required
- Best record
- State licence
- Key name
- The pharmacy that fills it
PART A
The claim and the check
Treat a badge as a prompt to verify, not as the verification itself.
“No prescription needed”
Under federal law, a prescription medicine cannot legally be sold to a buyer who lacks a prescription.
Check
Look for a real medical assessment and a named, licensed clinician who writes the prescription before any medicine is offered.
“For research use only”
FDA has told sellers that stamping “research only” on a product sold for use in people does not make it a legal treatment.
Check
If the seller also offers mixing water, a dosing guide or a dose calculator, or talks about results in people, the product is being sold for people to use, whatever the label says.
“FDA registered”
Registration does not mean FDA approval of a facility or its products.
Check
Check the state licence record first.
Some large pharmacies also sign up with the FDA as “outsourcing facilities”; if a seller claims that, the FDA’s public list can confirm it.
“Compounded and officially cleared”
That phrase is false because compounded medicines are not FDA-approved.
Check
Ask for the exact pharmacy name, then look it up with the state board.
PART B
A five-minute verification pass
Do this before sharing payment or health information.
Find the clinician who prescribes
Match the clinician’s name to the official medical-board record for the state where the visit happens.
Find the pharmacy
Use FDA’s state-by-state pharmacy finder and confirm that the pharmacy is listed.
Read the exact claim
Watch for claims of FDA approval, promises based only on animal research, and a page that never says exactly which substance it is or who made it.
Keep a copy
Save the written estimate, cancellation terms and the names shown before payment.
PART C
Stop if the basic names stay hidden
No low price makes up for a clinician and pharmacy you cannot look up.
- No clinician name before the medical decision.
- No pharmacy name before payment or shipment.
- No way to ask a follow-up question.
- No straight answer that KPV is unapproved and untested in people.
SOURCES
Chapter endnotes
These checks lead to public records, not commercial directories.