Check the medicine’s source
Get the pharmacy’s
name in writing.
The service taking payment and the place making the medicine may be different. Ask about both.
A clinician is a doctor, nurse or other health professional who assesses or treats you. FDA is short for Food and Drug Administration, the US drug review agency.
A service name and a pharmacy name differ.
The service
Who arranges the care?
Ask who handles the visit, the bill and messages to the clinician.
The pharmacy
Who makes and sends it?
FDA notes that people getting medicines made to order through online services may not know who made the medicine.
Florida’s pharmacy check is separate.
Florida’s Board of Pharmacy licenses pharmacies and pharmacists.
The state’s search lists a pharmacy as an establishment, which means the business rather than a person.
As of September 2026, an internet pharmacy needs a Florida permit to supply patients here.
A licensed pharmacist must be in charge.
Other pharmacies based outside Florida usually need state registration to mail medicine here.
An internet pharmacy uses its internet-pharmacy permit instead of that out-of-state registration.
Ask the pharmacy which record applies to it. Ask for the permit or registration number to check.
Made-to-order injections add a permit question.
Sterile means free of living germs.
An outsourcing facility is a business registered with the FDA to make batches of sterile medicines.
Registering with FDA gives neither the business nor the medicines it makes FDA approval.
As of September 2026, sending made-to-order sterile medicines into Florida requires an extra permit for a pharmacy or outsourcing facility based outside the state.
Its name is the nonresident sterile compounding permit.
As of September 2026, a Florida pharmacy usually needs an extra permit to make sterile medicines to order.
Its name is the Special Sterile Compounding Permit.
Ask for the separate permit number. If the search leaves that record unclear, keep it as an open question.