Questions before care

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Field sheet · Name the product

Identify the product behind the offer.

The phrase “peptide therapy” can cover very different products. The exact name and how it is made give you a better place to start.

The US agency in charge of reviewing medicines is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

An approved medicine

Semaglutide has FDA-approved products in the US under the names Ozempic and Wegovy, as of September 2026.

The FDA approval is for a specific product and use, as recorded in September 2026.

If your health problem is not among the approved uses, ask the prescriber to explain the evidence for treating it and which rules allow that use.

  • Write the precise product name and its form, for example, tablet or injection.
  • Which health problems did FDA approve this product to treat?
  • Is my problem on that list?
  • If it is not, what evidence and rules support using it for me?

A pharmacy-made medicine

Compounding prepares medicine to order in place of a drug maker's finished product.

A pharmacy-made medicine can be legal under US compounding rules, as of September 2026.

For a regular pharmacy, September 2026 rules require a named patient's prescription and restrict copying medicines sold ready-made.

These are starting checks. Ask the prescriber and pharmacy which rules allow them to make this exact medicine for you.

Compounded medicines do not receive FDA approval before sale, as of September 2026.

  • Ask why a ready-made medicine will not meet the need.
  • Get the name of the pharmacy that makes it.
  • Keep that name beside the prescriber's name.

A research label

In letters reviewed by September 2026, FDA told some online sellers that their websites promoted products for use in people despite labels saying 'for research use only'.

FDA said those sellers were offering unapproved drugs unlawfully; a research label did not make the sales legal.

  • Do not treat a 'for research use only' label as permission to use the product as a medicine.
  • Ask for its FDA approval record or an explanation of why a pharmacy may legally make it for you.
  • Wait for those answers before choosing treatment.

A code is not an approval record

A National Drug Code is an identifying number used in FDA's directory; as recorded in September 2026, the code is not proof of product approval.

  • Ask for evidence about the finished medicine.
  • Ask what the code or certificate actually proves.