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# Match the question to the right source.

Pick a source for the question you need answered. Medicine labels, public licence records and studies each offer a different kind of information.

Ask it in plain words

Where does the proof for this claim live?

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[Names and records](#card-1) [The product and the offer](#card-2) [Results and coverage](#card-3) [Sources for this chapter](#chapter-sources)

## Names and records

Use the person treating you and pharmacy names supplied in the offer. Ask for missing details before trying to match a record.

- The state medical board directory helps you find the board that keeps a doctor's licence record.

- FDA's pharmacy search page links to state records where you can look up a pharmacy's licence.

[Find the medical board](https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/) [Find the pharmacy licence search](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/besaferx-your-source-online-pharmacy-information/locate-state-licensed-online-pharmacy)

## The product and the offer

As recorded on September 26, 2026, Mounjaro and Zepbound are among the FDA-approved products containing tirzepatide. Tirzepatide prepared to order by a pharmacy lacks FDA approval.

- Match the label to the exact product being discussed.

- Use FDA's rules for pharmacy-made medicine if an offer says the brand medicine is in short supply, or says a pharmacy can make a nearly identical version.

- Ask the person treating you to explain terms you cannot follow.

[Read the Zepbound (tirzepatide) label](https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=487cd7e7-434c-4925-99fa-aa80b1cc776b) [Read the Mounjaro (tirzepatide) label](https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=d2d7da5d-ad07-4228-955f-cf7e355c8cc0) [Read FDA's updates on pharmacy-made medicine](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-alerts-and-statements/fda-clarifies-policies-compounders-national-glp-1-supply-begins-stabilize)

## Results and coverage

A study speaks about its participants. A coverage page speaks about a program's terms. Bring each back to a question about your own situation.

- Ask which named trial an advertised result comes from.

- Ask your plan about its own medicine list and approval steps.

- Check the full Medicare criteria before relying on a program price.

[Read the main weight study summary](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35658024/) [Read the continued-treatment study summary](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38078870/) [Read Medicare's Bridge criteria](https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coverage/prescription-drug-coverage/medicare-glp-1-bridge/information-providers)

## Sources for this chapter

Use these sources to check the answers above. Bring any questions to the person treating you.

- [FDA · make sense of an approval claim](https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/it-really-fda-approved)

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