Get urgent help for severe symptoms
Breathing or swallowing trouble, or a swollen face or tongue, may signal a severe allergic reaction.
Call 911, or get emergency help at the closest emergency room.
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Question these offers
GLP-1 medicines act like a hormone, a substance that carries messages in the body. This hormone helps control appetite and blood sugar.
A compounded medicine is made to fill an order; it is not supplied as a ready-made product.
- No prescription needed
- US federal law, as of September 2026, requires an order from a licensed prescriber before a prescription medicine is supplied.
- “FDA approved” made-to-order medicine
- As checked in September 2026, compounded medicines have not received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- “FDA registered” treated as approval
- As of September 2026, being on an FDA list does not mean a medicine or the place that makes it has FDA approval. An advert may say “FDA registered” or point to a medicine in the agency’s computer records. Those records alone do not show approval.
- “Research use only” offered as treatment
- The FDA warns against research-labelled GLP-1 products marketed for people to use; their contents are uncertain and may cause harm.
- Payment only by unusual methods
- Cryptocurrency, also called crypto, is a kind of digital money. Sellers taking only bank transfers, wire transfers, cryptocurrency, payment apps or gift cards are among those the Federal Trade Commission warns about. Demanding only these ways to pay is a sign of a scam.
A very low price needs context
The FDA lists discounts that seem far too low among reasons to check an online pharmacy. A low price on its own is not proof of a scam. Real cash offers can cost less too, as can generic versions, sold without the original brand name.
Ask for the full quote and check the licences. Do the same checks even when the page looks polished.
Ask the pharmacist about the actual product
Storage depends on the medicine; peptides do not share one cold-storage rule.
Ask the pharmacy to explain the label and storage instructions for the exact product supplied.
The FDA has received reports linking wrong amounts of compounded semaglutide injections to hospital care.
Ask the pharmacist to explain unclear directions; a website cannot assess your personal medical situation.
MedWatch is the FDA’s reporting service, where patients can report problems with a medicine.