A guide to care visits
Find out exactly which medicine is being offered
Compare an approved medicine, one made to order and one labelled for research before agreeing to an offer.
Get the exact product name
Get the medicine’s full name and find out how you would take it: for example, by tablet or injection. Ask what it would treat. Keep the answers in writing when comparing offers.
US rules checked on September 26, 2026 distinguish medicines with FDA approval from legal made-to-order medicines and from unapproved drugs offered to treat people.
Find out which kind of medicine is offered
An approved medicine
Semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) appears in FDA approval records checked as of September 26, 2026.
Medicine approvals in the US come from the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. Ask which product is proposed and what it would treat. A brand name alone does not answer both questions.
A compounded medicine: prepared to meet a particular need
Compounding can address an unmet patient need or an unavailable approved medicine, in FDA’s explanation as of September 26, 2026.
Compounded medicines go on sale without FDA first checking their quality, safety or ability to work, as confirmed in the September 26, 2026 source check.
A research-labelled product
FDA says that labelling a product for research does not make it legal to sell an unapproved drug to treat people, as of September 26, 2026.
Ask for the reason, rather than a reassuring label
- What exactly is being proposed for my concern?
- Is this an approved medicine, a compounded medicine or a product labelled for research?
- If it is compounded, what need is this change meant to meet for me?
- Where can I read the product information used for this decision?