[Jump to the guide](#main) [Boston Care Briefings Questions for a clearer decision](/) Understand - [Start & checklist](/) - [What peptides mean](/briefing/) - [Evidence & status](/briefings/evidence-brief/) Check the care - [Check the person](/briefings/credential-brief/) - [What a visit involves](/briefings/visit-brief/) - [Check the pharmacy](/briefings/pharmacy-brief/) - [Reasons to pause](/briefings/risk-brief/) Plan & pay - [What it costs](/briefings/cost-brief/) - [Coverage & payment](/briefings/coverage-brief/) - [Handling & getting help](/briefings/safety-brief/) - [Printable question sheet](/briefings/question-brief/) [Back to the starting checks](/) Your question sheet # Bring these questions. Keep the answers. Tick an item when you have an answer you understand. Leave it blank when you still need to ask. Print this checklist Keep a paper copy for the visit. Your browser’s print menu works too. At the visit Ask for the answer in plain words. Keep what is still unclear on your list. A little room for the unanswered questions. ## The person making the decision As of September 30, 2026, Massachusetts board policy applies to an online doctor treating a patient who is in Massachusetts. This applies even if the doctor's office is in another state. - I know the assessing person's full name and their role. - I have checked that person's Massachusetts licence, including for an online doctor. - I know how the person assessing me will review my history and questions. Open the source notes - [Massachusetts: medical board telemedicine policy](https://www.mass.gov/doc/policy-20-01-policy-on-telemedicine-amended-october-6-2022/download) - [Massachusetts: check a doctor's profile](https://www.mass.gov/check-a-licensees-profile-findmydoctormassgov-and-findmyacupuncturistmassgov) - [Massachusetts: check a nursing licence](https://www.mass.gov/how-to/check-a-nursing-license) - [Massachusetts: physician assistant licensing board](https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-of-physician-assistants) What that care term means Prescriber The person with legal permission to write your prescription, such as a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant. ## The proposed medicine Products undergo approval review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); medicines prepared to order (compounded) lack that approval, as of September 26, 2026. - I have the exact drug name and form. - I know whether the product has approval or is prepared to order. - I understand the aim, the other options and the reasons for this plan. - I have asked about possible harms and how the plan fits my health history. Open the source notes - [FDA: how medicines are made to order](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/compounding-and-fda-questions-and-answers) What that care term means Compounding Preparing medicine to an individual order, rather than supplying a ready-made product. ## The pharmacy and handover Sterile means free from living germs. To ship sterile medicines prepared to order here, a pharmacy outside Massachusetts needs a Massachusetts nonresident sterile compounding licence, as of September 30, 2026. A business registered with FDA to make batches of sterile medicines is called an outsourcing facility. An out-of-state outsourcing facility needs a Massachusetts nonresident outsourcing facility registration for the same shipments, as of September 30, 2026. That registration is Massachusetts permission for the business to send those medicines here. - I have the name of the pharmacy or business making the medicine. - If a pharmacy in another state makes my sterile medicine to order, I checked its Massachusetts nonresident sterile compounding licence. - If an outsourcing business in another state makes my sterile medicine, I checked its Massachusetts nonresident outsourcing facility registration. - I can reach a pharmacist with a product question. - I have the label, storage and delivery directions in writing. Open the source notes - [Massachusetts: pharmacy licensing board](https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-in-pharmacy) - [Massachusetts: pharmacies based outside the state](https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section39J) What that care term means Facility registration The Massachusetts permission for an outsourcing business in another state to send these medicines here, as of September 30, 2026. ## Follow-up and the full bill Request both the opening offer and the price charged later. Keep each fee visible in the quote. - I know who answers questions after the visit. - I know what to do if the plan needs to change. - I know the cost of visits, medicine, tests and delivery. - I have checked coverage rather than assuming it. - I have the cancellation and refund terms. [Check the cost details](/briefings/cost-brief/) What that care term means Follow-up The next discussion about the plan, your questions and any changes. ## Reasons to pause - I can ask the person treating me a question beyond filling in a fixed form. - I have checked any FDA approval claim against the exact product. - I have clear payment choices and written terms. [Read reasons to pause](/briefings/risk-brief/) ## Questions still open Write down the gaps. Ask about them before turning a plan into a payment or a treatment decision. Use these Boston briefings to consider peptide care. The site provides guidance; it does not offer clinical care or sell medicines. [Question sheet](/briefings/question-brief/) [Read as text](/briefings/question-brief/index.md) [Back to the top](#main)