Tool
Spot the sales pitch
Looking at a seller, an ad, or an influencer pushing a GLP-1 or peptide? Tick the tactics you can see. This won’t tell you a product is safe — nothing here can — but it will show you when you’re being sold to rather than cared for, and what a trustworthy path looks like instead.
Tick what you see below — the meter fills as the red flags stack up.
What a trustworthy path actually looks like
None of the above is about finding a “better” seller. The honest point is simpler: a prescription medicine belongs inside real medical care, not a checkout cart. That path has the safeguards a sales page can’t fake —
- A licensed clinician who examines you — takes a history, weighs the risks foryour body, and decides the dose.
- A pharmacy that requires a prescription — a legitimate one is licensed and accountable, not a checkout that skips the doctor.
- An FDA-regulated product with a manufacturer of record — made under quality standards, with a recall mechanism and a way to report harms if something goes wrong.
- Honesty about risks — side effects and who shouldn’t take it are stated plainly, not buried.
- No pressure — a source that’s fine with you thinking it over and asking your clinician first.
If money is the barrier that’s pushing you toward the grey market, theCoverage Checker walks through how GLP-1s are usually covered and how to appeal a denial — a safer lever than an unaccountable seller.