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FDA stands for Food and Drug Administration. This US agency reviews medicines.
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An ad may show an official-looking badge, a familiar drug name or the words “for research purposes.” Ask what those words prove about the medicine being offered.
Compounding is the work of making or changing a medicine to suit a patient.
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FDA registration records a business or product listing; it does not grant product approval or permission to market, as of September 26, 2026.
Ask for the exact medicine’s approval record. Keep a business registration and a medicine approval as separate questions.
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FDA warns against weight-loss drugs sold for people to use under either of these labels: “for research purposes” and “not for human consumption.” The second label means the product is not meant for people to use. As of September 26, 2026, their quality is not known, and using them may cause harm.
Ask whether the offer is a prescribed medicine for a named patient. The words “for research purposes” do not answer that question.
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A generic is an approved copy of a drug. FDA says calling a compounded drug a generic, or saying it is identical to an approved drug, is misleading, as of September 26, 2026.
As of September 26, 2026, there is no approved generic semaglutide or tirzepatide that can be marketed in the US.
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Adding a vitamin does not by itself make a pharmacy-made semaglutide injection different from the approved medicine under FDA rules. It may still count as a copy, as of September 26, 2026.
Federal law restricts pharmacies that routinely make copies of finished medicines or make those copies in large quantities. A change may be an exception if it makes a significant difference to one named patient. The prescriber who writes the prescription must determine that difference, under rules checked September 26, 2026.
Ask the person writing the prescription what change matters for your care and where that reason is written down. An added vitamin alone does not settle whether the medicine meets the rules.
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Write down the words that need proof. Is the ad describing the person treating you, the pharmacy, the ingredient or the finished medicine? Keep each answer with the thing it describes.
If the answer keeps changing to a badge or a low headline price, repeat the question. You can take time to read the source before deciding.
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