Recheck before acting
- The exact product and form
- The clinician’s state licence
- The pharmacy’s state licence
- The final price and offer end date
- The current label and coverage rule
Source check
Open the record behind the claim
A useful source answers the exact question being asked. A drug label can explain warnings. A state board can confirm a licence. Neither replaces the other.
TRACE EACH TIRZEPATIDE CLAIM
Claim.Source.Date.
How this guide checks
Which source fits which question?
Approval and warnings come from FDA records and the current product labels. Licence status comes from the relevant state board. Medicare terms come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Trial results come from PubMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s free index of published medical studies.
Legal status and prices in this guide are stated as of September 2026 because both can change.
Each link backs up one statement only. It does not mean this guide vouches for any clinician, pharmacy or product.
Simple test: if a page claims “FDA approved,” look the product up on DailyMed, the government’s free library of drug labels linked below. An approved product’s label opens with its brand name and the uses it is approved for. A badge, an NDC number or facility registration answers a different question.
Primary source means whoever created the original record: a government office, a court, the researchers who ran a study, or a professional body such as the state medical boards. It is usually the shortest route to the fact.
Core records
Open the source that matches the check
- Product labelsZepbound prescribing information
Use for the named uses, label limits, common effects and product forms.
- Product labelsMounjaro prescribing information
Use for the uses named in the full label.
- Drug statusFDA drug application records
Use to check approved applications and generic status.
- CompoundingFDA compounding questions and answers
Use for the difference between approval and compounding.
- PharmacyFDA state pharmacy lookup
Use to reach the authoritative pharmacy licence search for a state.
- ClinicianState medical board directory
Use to find the board that holds the public licence and discipline record.
- MedicareMedicare weight-care programme
Use for current product, eligibility and copay terms.
- TrialMain weight-trial record
Use for SURMOUNT-1, the large weight-loss study of tirzepatide in adults without diabetes. It shows what happened to groups of people, not what plan fits one person.
Keep facts fresh
Which facts go stale fastest?
Prices, savings-card terms, shortage listings, product labels and programme rules can move. A page without an “as of” date makes that movement hard to see.
The medical and pharmacy board records also matter at the time of care because a licence can change after an old review was written.
Finish the workbook
What belongs in the final note?
Record the clinician’s name, the licence result, the pharmacy name, the exact product, the reason for treatment, the full price and the follow-up route.
If any core answer cannot be written in one plain sentence, leave that line open and keep checking.
The point is not to find a perfect website. It is to gather enough checkable information for a calm decision and a useful conversation with a licensed clinician.