Approval and product codes
Approval belongs to a product, not a polished website
An official-looking code can distract from a basic question: what exactly has been reviewed?
An approval is specific
The US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, reviews named drug products for named uses.
Semaglutide is the drug name; Ozempic and Wegovy are brand names for approved products in the September 2026 check. Both brands include tablets and injections, so ask which one is proposed and what it is approved to treat.
- Compounded medicine
Compounding means a pharmacist or doctor mixes or changes ingredients to make a medicine for a patient.
The September 2026 check still found no FDA approval for medicines mixed this way. For these medicines, there is no FDA check before sale of how well they are made, how safe they are or whether they work.
- Registered medicine maker
A maker can be listed as registered with the FDA without the agency approving that business or its medicines; this was still the rule in September 2026.
- National Drug Code
A National Drug Code (NDC) identifies an entry in a drug directory. As checked in September 2026, having that code does not establish approval.
Ask for the record behind the word
Write down the full product name, whether it is a tablet, injection or something else, and what it would treat. Ask the person prescribing it to show you its approval record. If a pharmacy would mix it for you, ask why you need that change and what law permits that preparation.
Keep those questions separate from the question of who is providing your care. A licence search answers a different part of the decision.