How to check an online GLP-1 provider is legitimate

Online GLP-1 care can be legitimate, and some of it isn't. The checks below take a few minutes, cost nothing and use official lookups, not the provider's own claims. Run them on any service before you give it your health history or your card, including us.

1. Look the website up on LegitScript

LegitScript is a private certification body that reviews healthcare websites, including telehealth services and online pharmacies. Its standards require a certified business to be licensed for what it offers where it offers it, and to dispense prescription drugs only on a valid prescription.

• Go to LegitScript's website certification lookup and type in the site's address. It tells you whether the site is certified.
• Don't rely on a seal image alone. A real seal links to the business's listing on legitscript.com; the lookup is the reliable check, because certification can be lost.

Everlon Health LLC is LegitScript-certified. You can check our listing yourself on legitscript.com.

2. Check the pharmacy's state license

The medication should come from a pharmacy licensed by a state board of pharmacy, and licensed to ship to your state.

• Ask the service which pharmacy fills the prescription. The pharmacy's name should be on the label.
• Look the pharmacy up with the board of pharmacy in its state. The FDA's BeSafeRx program links to every state board's license lookup on its page locate a state-licensed online pharmacy. The FDA's advice is plain: if the pharmacy isn't listed, don't use it.
• For compounded medication, know which kind of pharmacy it is. The FDA explains the difference between a state-licensed 503A pharmacy and an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility in its compounding questions and answers.

3. Check the prescriber's license

Someone licensed in your state has to review your health information and decide whether to prescribe.

• Physicians: search DocInfo, run by the Federation of State Medical Boards, or go to your state's medical board through the FSMB's list of state medical boards.
• Nurse practitioners: check with your state board of nursing. Many boards take part in NCSBN's Nursys license verification.
• Physician assistants: NCCPA's Verify PA-C checks board certification; the state license is with your state's medical board.

A service should be able to tell you the name of the provider who reviewed your case.

4. Know what a real health review looks like

A real review asks about you before anything is prescribed: your health history, current medications, allergies, height and weight, and, for GLP-1s, questions about conditions that can rule treatment out. It checks who you are. And it can end with no.

At Everlon, a licensed provider in your state reviews your health history and decides whether treatment is appropriate, and can decline. No prescription is guaranteed.

Red flags: walk away if you see these

• A guaranteed prescription, or approval before anyone has looked at your answers.
• No provider review at all: you pick a product and pay, and nobody licensed is involved.
• Claims that a compounded product is a copy of Ozempic® or Wegovy®, or a cheaper version of the brand. Compounded drugs are not FDA-approved, and the FDA has objected to marketing that suggests a compounded drug matches an approved one.
• "Research use only" or "not for human consumption" labels. The FDA says semaglutide and tirzepatide sold that way are illegally sold unapproved drugs. They are not a cheaper version of a prescription.
• Salt forms such as semaglutide sodium or semaglutide acetate. The FDA calls these different active ingredients from those in the approved drugs.
• No pharmacy you can look up, or a pharmacy outside the U.S.
• Prices you can't pin down: no clear monthly price, or an introductory price with no date for when it ends.

Counterfeits exist too. The FDA has warned about counterfeit Ozempic® in the U.S. supply chain; it says to get GLP-1s only with a valid prescription through a state-licensed pharmacy.

Where compounded medication fits

Compounded GLP-1s are prepared by a licensed pharmacy for an individual patient on a prescription. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved: the FDA doesn't review them for safety, effectiveness or quality before they're dispensed. A legitimate service says so plainly, and says it next to the price. Everlon's GLP-1 medications are compounded by a state-licensed 503A pharmacy and are prescribed only if a licensed provider decides they're appropriate for you. At Everlon, semaglutide is $129 first month, then $249/mo from month 2, if prescribed, and tirzepatide is $315/mo, if prescribed.

FAQ

Is a LegitScript seal enough? It's a strong signal, but check the lookup, not the image, and still check the pharmacy and the prescriber.

Can an online provider legally prescribe a GLP-1? Yes, when a provider licensed in your state reviews your health information and decides it's appropriate, and a licensed pharmacy fills the prescription.

Is a prescription guaranteed? Never, anywhere legitimate. A licensed provider reviews your health history and prescribes only when clinically appropriate.

Sources

• Website certification status — LegitScript, accessed 2026-09-25
• Behind the seal: what the LegitScript certification seal means and how to verify it — LegitScript, accessed 2026-09-25
• Healthcare certification — LegitScript, accessed 2026-09-25
• Locate a state-licensed online pharmacy (BeSafeRx) — FDA, accessed 2026-09-25
• BeSafeRx: your source for online pharmacy information — FDA, accessed 2026-09-25
• Compounding and the FDA: questions and answers — FDA, accessed 2026-09-25
• FDA's concerns with unapproved GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss — FDA, accessed 2026-09-25
• FDA warns consumers not to use counterfeit Ozempic® — FDA, accessed 2026-09-25
• DocInfo — Federation of State Medical Boards, accessed 2026-09-25
• Contact a state medical board — FSMB, accessed 2026-09-25
• License verification (Nursys) — NCSBN, accessed 2026-09-25
• Verify PA-C — NCCPA, accessed 2026-09-25

Ozempic® and Wegovy® are registered trademarks of Novo Nordisk A/S. LegitScript is a trademark of its owner. Everlon is not affiliated with or endorsed by Novo Nordisk.