Reading the sources
What does the source actually establish?
Start with the question you are trying to settle. A source about a pharmacy, a medicine, or an advert may answer quite different questions.
Prices and rules can change. Open ‘Check the source’ below each section to find the date for its facts.
Approval and product records answer different questions
The government’s drug-information list uses a product identifier called an NDC, which stands for National Drug Code. That code does not establish approval by the US drug regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
A medicine-making site can register with the FDA by sending its business details. That step does not mean FDA approval of its medicines.
Ask whether the evidence concerns the exact product being proposed.
Check the source
Drug-directory codes; Registration versus approval: checked September 26, 2026.
FDA: drug-directory codes explainedFederal rule: registration and listingFDA: what approval establishesA license record has a defined job
Florida’s health search shows licenses and public discipline, meaning action taken against a license. A record with no such action is not a promise of good care.
Check the person’s license, then ask the clinician (a doctor or other health professional) to explain the proposed treatment. Those are two separate questions.
Check the source
Limits of license records: checked September 17, 2026.
Florida license search: checked September 28, 2026.
Florida: license and discipline searchMedical boards: what public records showGuidance is not a new law
Boards overseeing doctors make up the Federation of State Medical Boards. Its remote-care advice gives boards suggested rules to consider.
Florida’s telehealth law sets the requirements for care here. The group’s advice is not itself a Florida law.
Look at which kind of document is being used to support a claim.
Check the source
Remote-care advice: checked September 17, 2026.
Florida care duties: checked September 28, 2026.
Medical boards: remote-care guidanceFlorida law: telehealthAn FDA letter can have later updates
The FDA puts its concerns about a company into a warning letter. Later replies between the company and the FDA may change those concerns. The letter is not a final court decision.
Search the FDA’s letter records for the company name. Look for later letters or updates, and ask the company for its response.
Finding no letter is not proof that the FDA checked the company.
Check the source
Later updates to FDA letters: checked September 17, 2026.
FDA: search letters sent to companiesA report does not prove a cause
According to the FDA, a reported problem with a medicine is not proof that the medicine was the cause. Report totals cannot establish how often a problem occurs.
Check the source
Limits of problem reports: checked September 17, 2026.
FDA: limits of problem reportsDates belong beside changing answers
Keep the date with a price or rule. Ask when a price was recorded and how long its terms last. Keep those terms with the quote.