Skip to the reading The care handbook Physician-led peptide therapy Read at your own pace. Keep a question in the margin. What is it? Who leads care? What happens? What will I pay? What could go wrong? How do I decide? Read the claim carefully Ask what was approved Learn how a named use relates to a specific product. Bring the concern you want help with Find out which kind of product is being discussed Ask what was approved Ask why a medicine would be made to order Weight medicines need their own set of questions Make the approval claim specific Ask for the exact finished product and the condition named in its label. Ask to see the label, the official document describing that product and its uses. Keep claims about the clinic apart from claims about the medicine. FDA approval means the agency has reviewed evidence for a specific product and a named use. Semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) is an example with US approvals recorded on September 26, 2026; the products do not all share the same uses. A note to keep “Approved for what?” is a useful question to write in the margin. Ask for an answer tied to your concern. Do not let a code stand in for the answer If someone points to a drug code, ask where the product approval is recorded. If someone points to a facility registration, ask what that registration actually establishes. A National Drug Code is an identifying number in FDA’s drug list. A listing there gives you no proof of product approval, as checked September 26, 2026. A facility’s FDA registration also does not confer approval on its products, under the position recorded September 26, 2026. An office offering health care does not receive FDA approval. Take away a clear answer Ask the person proposing the medicine to write down its name and the reason for using it. If the terms keep changing during the answer, ask for them again in everyday words. Carry this thought An ingredient name, a drug-list number or a registered building does not establish that the medicine has approval. Weight medicines need their own set of questions Find the pharmacy behind the parcel This is a reading guide for patients; it offers neither clinical care nor medicines. Chapter map Further reading Your notebook Read as text