Work through the question
Keep the answers with your notes.
Write down the change you want.
Use your own words: the problem, how it affects your day and what a useful change would mean. Bring that note to the visit.
Bring the medicine name back into focus.
Calling a substance a “peptide” describes how it is built. That description does not show whether selling the substance as medicine is legal.
Ask for the full name and whether it is an injection, a tablet or another form. Keep a copy of the answer.
Ask which kind of product it is.
As of September 26, 2026, FDA-approved medicines and medicines made to order under compounding rules can be legal treatments. Buying a product labelled for research to inject into yourself is not a legal treatment route.
The federal agency responsible for medicine review is the Food and Drug Administration, known as the FDA. Approval applies to a named medicine for a named use. Making a medicine to order by mixing or preparing it is called compounding.
Leave space for another answer.
Ask what other approaches could address your goal. Ask what happens if the clinician does not recommend the product you came to discuss.
Open the sources for this checklist
Use the record that matches the question you are checking.