Give the unfamiliar words a meaning

Keep these words beside the offer

Telehealth

A health visit carried out at a distance, through a screen or another remote exchange.

Clinician

Someone trained in health care who reviews your history, assesses your concern and discusses a plan.

GLP-1

GLP-1 is a signal released by the gut that helps regulate appetite.

Pharmacy

The place that prepares or supplies the prescribed medicine; ask for its name as well as the care service’s name.

FDA

The Food and Drug Administration, the US agency that checks evidence behind drug approvals.

Ingredient

The medicine substance inside a named product; semaglutide is an example.

Generic medicine

An approved version of a brand-name medicine that contains the same medicine ingredient. It has its own FDA approval. A pharmacy mixing a medicine for a particular person is a different thing.

Compounding

Preparing a medicine for a particular need by mixing or making it, rather than supplying a ready-made product.

Placebo

The comparison treatment in a study; for example, a dummy injection with no study medicine inside.

Turn each term into a question

• At a remote visit

  “Can I ask the clinician questions about my own history?”

• On a medicine page

  “Which ingredient is inside this exact product?”

• On a result claim

  “What was the comparison group given?”