Eight red flags that rule out a GLP-1 provider
Compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide are sold online by hundreds of telehealth companies. Most are legitimate. The ones that are not tend to share the same warning signs. Run any provider, including Ozari, against this list before you pay.
1.No prescription or licensed provider review before dispensing
Semaglutide and tirzepatide are prescription medications. A site that ships without a licensed clinician reviewing your history is operating outside the law, and nobody has checked you for contraindications such as a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer.
What a legitimate provider does instead: A legitimate provider collects a medical history, has a clinician licensed in your state review it, and can tell you who that clinician is.
2."Generic Ozempic", "generic Wegovy", "generic Mounjaro" or "generic Zepbound"
There is no generic version of any of these products. Compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide is prepared per prescription by a compounding pharmacy; it is not a generic, not an FDA-approved product and not interchangeable with the branded one. A seller who uses the word generic is either misinformed or misleading you.
What a legitimate provider does instead: Honest wording is "compounded semaglutide" or "compounded tirzepatide", with a plain statement that it is not FDA-approved.
3.Claims that compounded medication is FDA-approved
The FDA does not review compounded drugs for safety, effectiveness or quality before they reach patients. Any claim of FDA approval for a compounded product is false.
What a legitimate provider does instead: The pharmacy preparing it should be state-licensed and, ideally, PCAB-accredited or an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility. Those are the credentials to look for.
4.The compounding pharmacy is not named, or its state licence cannot be checked
If you do not know which pharmacy makes your medication you cannot verify that it is licensed, inspected or even in the United States.
What a legitimate provider does instead: The provider names its pharmacy partners and you can confirm the licence with the state board of pharmacy.
5.Products labelled "research use only" or "not for human consumption"
These labels are how unregulated peptide sellers avoid pharmacy law. The product has no prescriber, no pharmacist and no accountability for what is in the vial.
What a legitimate provider does instead: A dispensed prescription comes from a pharmacy with your name, the drug, the strength and the prescriber on the label.
6.The real price is hidden until you enter payment details, or a first-month price is not labelled as promotional
Introductory rates that double at the first refill, separate membership fees and shipping added at checkout are how a $99 headline becomes $300 a month.
What a legitimate provider does instead: All-in monthly pricing that includes the medication, the clinician review and shipping, published before you sign up, with the refill price shown next to the starter price.
7.Guaranteed weight loss, or guaranteed approval before any medical review
Nobody can promise approval before a clinician has seen your history, and nobody can guarantee a result from a medication whose effect varies by person.
What a legitimate provider does instead: Clinical trial averages, stated with the trial named, and a clear statement that individual results vary.
8.No clear support for dosing, side effects, refills or cancellation after you sign up
GLP-1 treatment is a months-long titration. Nausea, dose changes and refill timing all need someone to talk to, and a provider that cannot be reached after payment leaves you managing a prescription drug alone.
What a legitimate provider does instead: A named way to reach the clinical team, a published cancellation and refund policy, and refills that are reviewed rather than automatic.
How to check a provider in five minutes
- Look the company up on LegitScript. Certification means its prescribing and pharmacy practices have been independently checked.
- Ask which pharmacy prepares the medication, then confirm the licence with that state’s board of pharmacy or through the NABP’s Safe Pharmacy programme.
- Read the FDA’s statement on unapproved GLP-1 drugs so you know what the agency itself warns about.
- Find the refill price, the cancellation terms and a way to reach the clinical team before you enter a card number.
Where Ozari stands on each
Every Ozari prescription is reviewed by a licensed clinician before anything ships. Ozari sells compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide only, never describes them as generic or FDA-approved, and names the pharmacies that prepare them on the pharmacy standards page. Pricing is all-in and published, with the refill price beside the starter price, and cancellation terms are on the refund policy page. Ozari is LegitScript-certified; you can confirm that on LegitScript’s site.
More questions answered in the GLP-1 FAQ