Who will assess me?
Ask for the full name of the doctor or other medical person, their license type and the state where the license is active.
Ask before paying
Ask next
The right questions show you who is really behind an offer. They turn a polished advert into names, records, a plan and a full price.
Clear answers leave a trail.
The short list
Ask for the full name of the doctor or other medical person, their license type and the state where the license is active.
Ask for the generic name, whether you inject it, swallow it or take it some other way, and whether it is an FDA-approved product or a medicine a pharmacy mixed to order.
Get the full pharmacy name before payment so it can be checked in Michigan’s license search.
Separate the visit, subscription, testing, medicine, supplies and shipping. Ask which charges repeat.
Ask who answers questions, how another visit is arranged, and what happens if the plan is not a fit.
A careful answer may include records, an examination or testing. If the answer is “nothing”, ask how they can be sure without seeing any of it.
A useful pause
The FDA points out that patients of online services may not know which compounding pharmacy (the one that mixes the medicine) made their drug. Once you have the pharmacy’s name, you can look it up in the state’s license search yourself.