Match the source to the question
Use a record that answers the question in front of you. Keep the link and the part you want explained.
- For a doctor’s licence, use the relevant state board record.
- For a pharmacy licence, use the state pharmacy board.
- For a product claim, ask for the exact product document.
- For your bill, request the written terms of the offer.
Ask what the document establishes
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says registering a business or putting a medicine in its drug records does not give FDA approval (September 26, 2026).
- An FDA warning letter describes concerns raised at the time it was sent, not a final ruling. Later contact between FDA and the company may change the status of those concerns. No warning letter does not prove FDA has checked or cleared the company (September 17, 2026).
- If you find a warning letter, read its date and look for the company’s response or an FDA letter saying the issues have been addressed. Ask the service what has changed.
- FDA publishes reports of suspected medicine problems on a public webpage called the Adverse Event Monitoring System, formerly FAERS. A report on that webpage is not proof that the medicine was responsible for the problem (September 17, 2026).
- Ask: “What does this document show about my question, and what can it not tell me?”
Read the date with the claim
Ask whether the document still supports the exact offer you are considering. A missing date is a question to carry forward.
- Which medicine does this cover, and is it a pill, injection or another type?
- Which patients and uses does it discuss?
- When was this record checked?
- Has a newer document replaced it?
Ask about a difficult passage
Take a difficult passage to the person treating you and ask for a plain explanation.
- Save the passage alongside your question.
- Keep an unresolved claim on your list.