You do not have to decide while an advert is open. Pick the claim that matters most to you and ask how to check it.
A prescription is skipped
A licensed health professional's order for medicine is called a prescription. Under the rule checked on September 26, 2026, supplying a prescription medicine without a valid prescription is against US law. A
If an offer treats a prescription as unnecessary, pause the payment. Ask what medical assessment is being offered and who would carry it out.
Registration is made to sound like approval
The FDA reviews medicines for US use. Registration records a business with the FDA; a drug listing records product information. As of September 26, 2026, neither record meant that the FDA had approved the product. B
Ask what the registration actually covers. Then ask to see the proposed product's exact approval record.
A badge does the talking
The Federal Trade Commission warns that seals and logos may look official even when they are fake. C
Go to the board record for the person or pharmacy instead. Keep your questions about the proposed care separate from the look of the page.
Use a public licence recordYour question has nowhere to go
Guidance for medical boards, adopted in May 2026, says patients must have a way to put further questions to the clinician. D
Ask how that happens before paying. Try asking for a plain explanation of the proposed choice and the evidence it rests on.
Price becomes the whole argument
FDA guidance checked on September 17, 2026 says unusually low prices are a reason to check an offer more closely. Look at the other warning signs too. E
A cheaper offer is not proved wrong by its price alone.
Return to the written total, the clinician's record and the explanation for the proposed care. Ask for answers before treating a discount as a reason to decide.
Carry this with you
An answer that can be checked is more useful than reassurance you cannot examine.
Source notes for this page
The rule requires a valid prescription for prescription medicines.
Recording a business or its product with the FDA does not mean that the FDA approved that medicine.
The cautions about seals and logos do not establish that any particular offer is a scam.
This is board guidance rather than a single national law for every kind of visit.
Consider pricing alongside the other checks, rather than treating it as a verdict by itself.