Start with the problem and the product
- What problem are we trying to treat?
- What is the exact ingredient and product?
- What evidence supports this use for my goal?
- What other care can we compare with it?
FDA is the Food and Drug Administration. FDA approval concerns a specific product and use. A custom preparation has not gone through that same product review.
Ask who is doing each part
- Who assesses me, and which public record covers their authority to work here?
- Name the pharmacy that will prepare my medicine and send it to me.
- Who answers questions after the medicine arrives?
FDA’s online-care checklist flags services that lack a licensed doctor available for questions after delivery.
Bring sport and personal circumstances into the plan
- How does this fit the rules of my sport?
- How do my other medicines or health conditions affect the choice?
- What does the product information say about pregnancy or breastfeeding?
Your sport’s governing body has its own rules for giving permission to use a banned medicine. Pregnancy information also depends on the particular product.
Finish with the bill and the follow-up
- What is the full cost after any opening offer ends?
- Are tests, the medicine and follow-up included?
- What happens to the fee if there is no prescription?
- When do we review the plan, and what would make us change it?