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- Accreditation
An outside body checks how a pharmacy makes medicine against quality rules; it does not test every batch and is different from a state licence. Quality-check explanation
- Adverse event
An unwanted experience linked in time to a medical product; a report does not prove the product caused it. US drug agency report limits
- Asynchronous visit
You send information and the clinician responds later, rather than both being online at once.
- BPC-157
Tiny parts joined together in a lab, like beads on a string; its name stands for Body Protection Compound. US drug agency substance description
- Certificate of analysis
A report on tests of a batch, meaning material made together; a purity number alone does not show that it is free of germs or harmful material left by them. US drug agency batch review
- Clinician
The health professional doing the assessment, such as a doctor.
- Comparison group
People whose results are compared with those receiving the treatment being tested.
- Compounding
Medicine is made to order, in place of the finished version from a drug maker. US drug agency explanation
- FDA
FDA’s full name, Food and Drug Administration, identifies the US agency for reviewing drugs.
- FDA-approved
A specific product has passed FDA review for a named use; compounded drugs do not have that approval (September 2026 record). FDA approval distinction
- Formulary
The medicine list used by a health plan when deciding what it will pay for.
- HSA and FSA
For an HSA, the name is health savings account; for an FSA, it is flexible spending arrangement. Both reserve money before tax for medical costs. Tax agency account explanation
- Immune response
The body reacting to a substance it treats as an invader.
- Impurities
Other material present alongside the substance a batch is meant to contain.
- NDC
NDC means National Drug Code. This number identifies a product’s listing in FDA’s drug directory; it does not show FDA approval (September 2026). FDA directory explanation
- Peptide
The tiny building parts of proteins can also join into a short row called a peptide.
- Placebo
A dummy treatment used for comparison in a study.
- Prescription
A clinician’s order for a medicine.
- Prior authorization
A payment check in which the insurer needs to agree before a medicine can be covered.
- State medical board
Public doctor-licence and disciplinary records are held by this state body. Medical-board public records
- State pharmacy board
The state body responsible for pharmacy licences. Find a pharmacy board
- Sterile
Free of living germs.
- Telehealth
A care exchange using video, phone or online messages, with patient and clinician in separate places.
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