Source notes · Read what each record can tell you
Follow the claim to its source.
A licence record answers one question. A drug record answers another. Match the claim to the right kind of evidence.
Approval and compounding
The US Food and Drug Administration is usually shortened to FDA.
With compounding, the medicine is prepared for an order instead of being supplied as a ready-made product.
The FDA reviews an approved medicine before sale for its named use. It does not check a compounded medicine’s quality, benefits, or harms before sale.
Washington records and rules
Disciplinary records show board actions over a health professional’s conduct.
Telehealth uses video, a phone, or an online system to provide care.
The law is a binding rule. A board bulletin explains the board’s position; it is a different kind of document.
Read the Pharmacy Commission’s research-ingredient bulletinPrices and urgent help
A price record is not a quote for a Seattle visit. Ask for the exact product and the full care bill in writing.
What a record cannot settle for you
A medicine-problem report does not prove the drug caused that problem. A count of reports alone does not show how often a problem occurs.
That would require knowing how many people used the medicine and how many had the problem. The report count does not provide that comparison.
Read the FDA’s notes on medicine-problem reportsA clean licence record does not rate the care. A registration code does not settle drug approval.
Bring the source and the question to the health professional. Ask how it applies to the medicine and care being proposed.
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