Notes and sources · Checking claims
Check what a claim is built on
Start with the exact drug name and the source behind the claim.
Federal rules as of September 26, 2026.
Idaho rules as of September 30, 2026.
Find the exact product
Record the medicine’s full name, its form—pill or injection—and which health problem it is intended to address.
The Food and Drug Administration is usually called the FDA. An FDA approval covers a specific medicine for a specific health problem.
Compounded means made or mixed to meet a patient’s needs. These products do not have FDA approval.
According to the FDA, saying a compounded drug has been proven to work as well as an approved drug misleads people.
Check what official-looking words and numbers prove
A drug code identifies a product
A National Drug Code (NDC) is an identifying number for a drug product. An NDC alone provides no proof that the product has FDA approval.
Being on an FDA list is not approval
A business registers by submitting its details for FDA records; registration grants no FDA approval to the business or the medicines it offers.
A state pharmacy license and FDA approval answer different questions. The license record concerns the pharmacy; approval concerns the drug product.
What does the source actually say?
Ask whether the source covers the exact medicine and health problem being discussed. Is it a drug label, a study, a letter from a government health agency, or a sales page?
Ask what was measured and what the result means for the decision in front of you. Request an explanation in ordinary words.
Check the date and follow-up on a warning letter
FDA warning letters describe concerns raised at a point in time.
Later letters or replies between the FDA and the business may change whether the problems are still unresolved. Finding no warning letter does not prove the FDA has checked the business.
Keep Idaho advice and law distinct
Idaho’s licensing boards issued advice on March 13, 2026, about injections and drips, including peptide and weight-loss medicines, vitamin shots, and treatments to change appearance.
The document gives advice; it is not a law.
For the rules on online care, use the Idaho Virtual Care Access Act.