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Read the approval claim closely

The FDA is the Food and Drug Administration, the federal drug regulator. Ask what an approval claim refers to: the exact drug or something else.

Drug approval versus registration

Approval of the drug

Ask for the exact medicine name and the FDA-approved prescribing information, the official document for that medicine. Ask the prescriber to show where it describes the use being proposed.

Registration of a business

As of September 26, 2026, putting a business or drug on an official list does not prove FDA approval or permission to sell the product.Federal rule · Registration and listing

Ask: “Is this exact medicine FDA-approved, or are you describing the business?” A business record does not answer the medicine question.

Test the words in the offer

Which exact product is the claim about?
Is the ready-made medicine approved, or is this medicine made to order?
What record supports the claim?
Does this number identify the business or prove approval of the medicine?

Claims that need a correction

A compounded (made-to-order) product cannot truthfully be called FDA-approved, under FDA guidance checked September 26, 2026.FDA · Compounding claims

The National Drug Code (NDC) is a code used to identify a drug product in a government directory. It may be shown as a number in an offer or product listing. As of September 26, 2026, the code alone does not prove FDA approval.FDA · Drug code directory

According to FDA, federal law does not allow retatrutide and cagrilintide to be compounded, as of September 26, 2026.FDA · Investigational weight drugs

At that dated check, they are not ingredients in FDA-approved drugs, and they have not been found to be safe and effective for any condition.FDA · Approval limits

Keep this answer

Keep the product record. A badge or code leaves the approval question open.

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