Safety
What to ask before choosing a peptide clinic
A vetted checklist of questions to ask any telehealth or in-person clinic offering GLP-1 or peptide therapy, before you hand over a credit card.
10 min read · Updated 2026-05-22
Peptide GPS publishes educational information, not medical advice. We don't sell, prescribe, or recommend specific medications, dosages, or providers. Always discuss any therapy with a licensed clinician.
Who is actually prescribing?
Ask for the name, license type, and state of licensure of the clinician who will write your prescription. 'Medical oversight' is not the same as 'a clinician evaluated you.'
Reputable practices will tell you this without hesitation. If you can't get a straight answer, that itself is an answer.
It's also fair to ask whether the clinician practices in your state, whether your visit will be synchronous (video) or asynchronous (a form), and how long the visit is. A three-minute async intake is a different product than a 25-minute video visit, even when the medication shipped at the end is identical.
What are you actually receiving?
Is the medication branded or compounded? If compounded, from which pharmacy, and is that pharmacy 503A or 503B? Are any non-active ingredients added (e.g. B12, glycine)?
Combination 'peptide blends' are a particular area to scrutinize, because the safety and efficacy of the combination has rarely been studied as a whole.
Ask to see the label and the prescribing information before you pay. A clinic that won't share either before purchase is asking you to take on the entire information asymmetry.
What does follow-up look like?
Ask about lab requirements before starting, scheduled check-ins, side-effect reporting, dose-escalation protocol, and what happens if you want to pause or stop.
A clinic that only contacts you to refill is not providing ongoing care, regardless of what their marketing says.
Specifically ask: how do I reach a clinician (not a chat bot, not a sales rep) within 24 hours if I have a side effect? If the answer is 'submit a ticket', that's your follow-up.
Money and exits
Read the refund policy before subscribing. Many clinics ship 3-month supplies up front and do not refund unused medication. Some auto-renew aggressively. Both are legal; both are worth knowing about before, not after.
Ask explicitly how you cancel and how you transfer your records and prescription history to another clinician if you want to.
Marketing red flags
Before-and-after photos as the primary sales tool. Specific weight-loss numbers in headlines. Influencer codes that imply medical endorsement. 'No labs required, no questions asked' framed as a feature. Pressure to upgrade dose faster than guidelines suggest.
None of these are individually disqualifying. Two or three of them together usually tell you what the business actually is.
Key takeaways
- Name the prescriber, the pharmacy, and the follow-up cadence.
- Be cautious about proprietary 'blends'.
- Marketing language is not a substitute for clinical oversight.
- Read the refund and cancellation policy before the first charge.
- How you reach a real clinician in 24 hours is the actual follow-up offering.
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