Beyond a center’s name
Find out who would make the medicine
Ask the care service for the maker’s full name. Keep the pharmacy check separate from the doctor check.
Ask for a name you can look up
Medicine made to order is called compounded medicine.
People getting it online may not know who made it, says the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA regulates drugs in the US.
FDA’s pharmacy-lookup page links to the state licence searches.
Open the state pharmacy searchesMost states require a permit or licence for pharmacies in other states before those pharmacies ship medicine there, as checked in September 2026.
A licence listing does not by itself prove that a pharmacy fills prescriptions properly.
Can a pharmacy make sermorelin?
Sermorelin acetate is the full name of the medicine ingredient used in Geref, the old approved drug. The rules below apply to this version of sermorelin.
General federal rules checked in September 2026 allow a state-licensed pharmacy to make sermorelin acetate for a patient named in a valid prescription.
The ingredient must come from a maker that has signed up with FDA. It must have a document reporting checks on the ingredient. Other compounding rules and any state limits still apply.
General FDA ingredient rules support this possible use. But the documents checked in September 2026 gave no sermorelin-specific instruction for this type of pharmacy.
Even if the pharmacy meets the rules in September 2026, the medicine it makes has no FDA approval.
If a batch-making facility is named
An outsourcing facility is a business that signs up with FDA to make sterile medicines, often in batches.
Sterile means free of living germs.
In September 2026, FDA is still considering sermorelin acetate for the final list of ingredients these facilities may use.
While that review continues, FDA’s September 2026 policy says it does not plan to take action over this ingredient if the facility meets the conditions.
Sermorelin acetate is still absent from the final ingredient list in September 2026. The temporary policy does not give the medicine FDA approval.
A facility signing up with FDA does not mean its medicines are FDA-approved, as checked in September 2026.
Ask the facility which temporary-policy conditions apply to your medicine and how it meets each one. Ask for a clear answer before deciding.
Look up a registered outsourcing facilityEndnotes · Checking the pharmacy
Sources for this chapter
- FDA: state pharmacy licence searches
Where to check the pharmacy name you are given.
- FDA: the roles in compounding
Why identifying the maker matters.
- FDA: which ingredients pharmacies may use
General ingredient rules behind the possible pharmacy use described above.
- FDA: ingredients under evaluation for facilities
The separate policy for batch-making facilities.
- FDA: the final facility ingredient list
This is the final list. The temporary policy uses a separate list of ingredients still being considered.