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Dispensing a prescription drug without a valid prescription violates federal law.

FDA has found products with a pharmacy name on the label when the named pharmacy was either fictional or had no hand in making it.

• No prescription is required for a prescription-only product.
• The clinician’s full name and Georgia license cannot be confirmed.
• The pharmacy stays unnamed until after payment.
• The label says “research use only,” but the page promises a human result.
• The seller calls a compounded product “FDA-approved” or a “generic” version of a brand.
• There is no way to ask a clinician or pharmacist a question.

A code number or a listing is not approval

Some sellers show an NDC number (short for National Drug Code, an ID number for a drug product) or point to a government list of drug products. Neither means FDA approved the product.

Registration of a facility is not approval of the facility or its drugs.

Check the paper trail

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Search FDA company letters

An FDA warning letter sets out what the agency says a company did wrong at one point in time; it is not a final ruling.

A recent letter about the same product is a strong reason to ask hard questions before paying. Read the date, the issue and any later response.

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