Pause where an offer skips the checks

Pause at these gaps

• No prescription required

  At the 26 September 2026 legal check, supplying a prescription drug without a valid prescription breached federal law.

• A hidden pharmacy

  Ask for the name of the place that actually prepares or sends the medicine. Then use the official licence lookup.

• Approval language that blurs the product

  In guidance checked on 26 September 2026, the FDA said it was misleading to call a pharmacy-mixed medicine “FDA-approved” or a “generic version” of an approved drug. A generic version has its own approval; a compounded medicine does not.

• Payment restricted to unusual methods

  Federal Trade Commission advice read on 26 September 2026 treated demands to pay only by wire transfer, cryptocurrency, payment app or gift card as a scam warning. Cryptocurrency means digital money, such as Bitcoin.

Do not let a badge answer for a record

Official-looking logos and seals on a health page can be faked, the Federal Trade Commission warns.

Ask for names you can check rather than an explanation of a badge. Keep the offer open beside the public record and note any mismatch.