Verify the people and organizations behind the offer: who will prescribe, which pharmacy will dispense, what product you would receive, and whom you can contact afterward. Then check the price and refill terms. A polished website, a favorable review, or a low starting price cannot answer all of those questions.
Gentle Health publishes this guide and offers compounded GLP-1 care. Apply the same checks to us. This is a checklist for gathering evidence, not a certification of any provider’s safety.
Check the prescriber’s identity and authority to treat you
Ask for the prescribing professional’s full name and the state credential or other authorization relevant to your care. Use the regulator’s own lookup, reached independently, and check the name, profession, status, and any restrictions shown. Do not treat a logo or a screenshot supplied by a seller as the record itself.
Your location during the visit matters. HHS explains that cross-state telehealth practice depends on state rules, with routes that can include full licensure, compacts, registration, or limited exceptions. A license in one state is not by itself an answer about another. Tell the practice if you are traveling. HHS: licensing across state lines
For Gentle, our states-we-serve guide is a starting point for the state-specific information. Still check the public record relevant to your own visit.
Verify the dispensing pharmacy separately
The website arranging the appointment may not be the pharmacy preparing or shipping the medication. Ask for the pharmacy’s legal name, address, and telephone number, then use your state pharmacy board’s database. FDA’s BeSafeRx page links to those official lookups. FDA: locate a state-licensed online pharmacy
FDA also advises checking for a required prescription, a U.S. physical address and phone number, and an available licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy license is one check, not evidence that every claim on a marketing page is true.
If a business advertises accreditation or testing, ask what the claim covers and how it can be verified. Do not interpret an ingredient certificate as proof that every finished product was tested. This guide does not claim that Gentle’s pharmacy partners hold any particular accreditation or conduct a particular batch-testing program.
Establish which medication is being offered
Ask whether the prescription would be an approved branded product or a compounded preparation. Confirm the dosage form and the dispensing pharmacy. Do not infer that two products are interchangeable because both use the word “semaglutide.”
FDA explains that compounded drugs are not FDA-approved and are not reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness, or quality before marketing. A pharmacy’s legal status does not change the approval status of its compounded product. FDA: compounding questions and answers
Our guide to oral semaglutide drops versus injections discusses why route and formulation should be part of the clinician conversation, not treated as a price-only choice.
Read the charges and commitment before checkout
Request the ongoing price at the prescribed tier—not just the introductory figure. Ask which visits, supplies, delivery charges, and memberships are included, when billing renews, and what happens if a refill has already been ordered when you cancel.
A payment described as monthly may cover a different period from a medication shipment. Keep the billing schedule and the refill schedule separate in your notes. Gentle’s published semaglutide price guide gives the dose tiers; confirm your own order terms before paying.
Confirm how clinical questions are handled
Before ordering, ask how you contact the prescribing professional and the pharmacist, who handles a confusing label, and how follow-up works. A sales chat is not necessarily the channel for medical questions.
FDA’s GLP-1 warning signs include sellers that skip screening and a prescription, lack a licensed doctor for follow-up questions, misrepresent a compounded drug as an approved product, or provide suspicious labeling. If the medication or instructions do not match what you expected, contact the prescriber and dispensing pharmacy before using it. FDA: unapproved GLP-1 concerns
Keep a short verification record
Save the source links and the date you checked them, the quoted price, the cancellation terms, and the contact details supplied. If something does not match, ask the relevant licensing board or the named pharmacy to clarify before proceeding. You do not need to solve a discrepancy by trusting a second advertisement.
Frequently asked questions
Does a professional-looking website prove a provider is legitimate?
No. Check the prescriber and dispensing pharmacy independently. Appearance and customer reviews are not substitutes for those records.
Is a compounded medication FDA-approved if its pharmacy is licensed?
No. Pharmacy licensure and drug approval are different matters. Ask the prescriber why a compounded preparation is being considered for your individual needs.
Does the lowest price identify an unsafe provider?
A price alone cannot establish legitimacy or safety. Verify the product, credentials, actual charges, and clinical process instead of using price as a pass/fail test.
Sources and scope
HHS and FDA sources are linked in the relevant sections; checked September 15, 2026. No pharmacy accreditation, independent testing, treatment outcome, or clinician-review endorsement is asserted by this checklist.
Compounded medications are not FDA-approved. Treatment subject to medical evaluation.