Words
Approval belongs to a particular product.
Ask which product and which use
FDA is short for Food and Drug Administration. The agency’s approval remit
Approval means the agency has reviewed a particular product for a stated use, rather than endorsing every use of a peptide. FDA explains approval
Give the proposed drug its own line on your note. On the next line, put the reason for proposing it.
Registration puts a business on a record
Registration means a business has entered FDA’s records; the rule checked in September 2026 says this does not approve the business or its medicines. The federal registration rule
Registration alone does not show that a product can lawfully be sold, and presenting it as approval is misleading.
Ask what was actually reviewed or inspected and where the findings are recorded. The word registered alone does not answer those questions.
A directory code is not a verdict
NDC stands for National Drug Code, an identifier in a drug directory; the code carries no approval, FDA says in the September 2026 record. FDA on misleading approval claims
If the medicine is made to order from ingredients by a pharmacy or another qualified maker, it is called compounded.
- Which exact product has approval?
- For what use was it reviewed?
- Would I receive the approved product itself, or would a pharmacy prepare a version for me?