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# Follow a claim back to the record.

Approval, a person’s licence and a price are separate questions. Keep the record that answers the question you are asking.

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## Match the source to the medicine question.

The US medicine regulator is FDA, short for Food and Drug Administration. Use its patient pages to ask a more specific question about the product.

A doctor or pharmacist can prepare medicine to order; that work is called compounding.

Compounded medicines lack FDA approval even when the pharmacy itself holds a licence.

Compounded-medicine status checked September 26, 2026.

### Which product has approval?

Look up the exact product in the regulator’s approval records, then compare it with the name in the offer.
[Open the Drugs@FDA approval records](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/)

### What does compounding mean here?

Read the regulator’s explanation of making medicines to order and the checks it does not perform before they are supplied.
[FDA compounding questions and answers](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/compounding-and-fda-questions-and-answers)

### What does the advert claim?

Compare the advert’s wording with the regulator’s page on claims about compounded drugs.
[FDA page on compounded-drug advertising](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/fda-telehealth-companies-what-know-when-promoting-compounded-drugs)

### What does a pharmacy check involve?

Use the regulator’s patient checklist alongside the California pharmacy record.
[FDA online-pharmacy checklist](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/besaferx-your-source-online-pharmacy-information/considering-online-pharmacy)

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## Use California’s own records for licences.

Search with the person’s full name or licence number. For the pharmacy, use its own name rather than the care service’s branding.

### The person’s record
[California Department of Consumer Affairs licence search](https://search.dca.ca.gov/)

### The pharmacy’s record
[California Board of Pharmacy verification](https://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/about/verify_lic.shtml)

### The online-care rules
[Medical Board of California telehealth information](https://www.mbc.ca.gov/Resources/Medical-Resources/telehealth.aspx)

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## Bring a dated price back to the service.

The medicine-price example on the money desk reflects a maker offer recorded September 26, 2026.

Ask the service for today’s written quote and what it includes. Ask the insurer which covered-drug list and approval rules apply.

- Keep the date on the quote.

- Compare the same product and supply amount.

- Keep care fees and tests on separate lines.

- Ask what the continuing bill will contain.
[Return to the money desk](/money-desk/)

Keep the question specific, then choose the record that can answer it.
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