Guide to care questions
Your provider check sheet
Start with the person’s name. Ask what they think is wrong, what care they propose and what it will cost. Telehealth means a care visit online or by phone.
Names → Care plan → Treatment → Costs
Begin with the name
The person behind the offer
The state medical board is an office for that state. It keeps doctors’ licence records and records of public action against them, such as limits on their work.
Use the link below to choose the medical board for the state where you will attend the visit. On that board’s website, search for the doctor’s full name. Check that the licence is still current, then look for any limits on the doctor’s work published by the board.
Find your state medical boardThe visit itself
The proposed treatment
US medicines are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, also called the FDA.
A batch is a group of medicines made together. A test sheet lists what was measured.
Open the state pharmacy licence searchThe whole bill
When the answer is a slogan
“FDA registered” means a business has given the FDA its details for its records. As of September 2026, those records do not prove FDA approval of either the business or its medicines.
An offer may say “NDC listed”. The letters NDC mean National Drug Code. This number identifies the product within the FDA’s drug list. A number or a place in that list does not mean the product is approved, as of September 2026.
Evidence in people was too thin for the FDA to tell whether BPC-157 would cause harm, as of September 2026.
Small studies with few reports cannot establish that it is safe.