Find out who fills the prescription.

Where do I check the pharmacy?

Each state’s board of pharmacy issues pharmacy licences. FDA has a page linking readers to state licence searches.

As of September 2026, most states required a pharmacy outside the state to hold permission in the patient’s state before shipping there.

Search the official record for the pharmacy’s full name. Check the licence status and the location details against the information the service gave you.

A licence record confirms permission; it does not prove that every medicine has been supplied appropriately.

What else belongs in the check?

FDA’s pharmacy checklist includes a prescription requirement and access to a licensed pharmacist for questions.

FDA warns that a convincing website can belong to a fake pharmacy. A good-looking page does not prove that the pharmacy is licensed.

Ask how to reach the pharmacist, which product will be sent and where to raise a problem with a delivery.

What does “FDA registered” mean?

Batches of compounded medicine, often intended for hospitals and clinics, are made at places called outsourcing facilities. It may be separate from the pharmacy that fills your prescription. Compounding means preparing medicine rather than supplying a finished drug-maker product.

As of September 2026, such a facility could choose to register by listing itself with FDA. That listing was not FDA approval of the place or any medicine it made.

Ask about three separate checks: the pharmacy licence, the precise medicine, and whether that medicine has product approval or is compounded.