A question kit for finding care
Bring a question. Expect a clear answer.
Ask for the actual pharmacy name, then check the public record behind it.
A question to take with you
Please name the pharmacy in full: who would prepare my sermorelin and send it to me?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) points out that an online buyer of compounded medicine may be unaware of its actual maker.
Ask for the pharmacy name in writing. Use that name for the lookup, then compare it with the information supplied with any prescription.
A pharmacy’s license record comes from a state board of pharmacy, a different body from the board that licenses doctors.
The FDA’s pharmacy lookup page links to state license databases.
Open the FDA route to state pharmacy searches →Most states, as of September 26, 2026, also make a pharmacy based elsewhere obtain permission before sending medicine into that state.
A license entry establishes that a license exists; it does not establish that every prescription is appropriate.
As of September 26, 2026, a registered outsourcing facility follows a different federal compounding route from an ordinary pharmacy.
The FDA publishes a register of those facilities.
Read the FDA outsourcing facility register →Evidence to keep in view
Being FDA-registered does not signal approval as of September 26, 2026, for either a facility or the medicine it makes.
The facility register also omits state board actions, and some information in it is reported by the facilities themselves.
Once you know who would make it, ask what rules apply to that preparation.
Understand the compounding route →