Where does real care start?

You can begin by asking an in-person clinic for an assessment, or by asking a licensed telehealth service what care it can offer.

With telehealth, you speak to a clinician by video, by phone, or through an online exchange, without being in the same room.

A clinician is the health professional who carries out your assessment. A prescriber is the person able to write a prescription.

As of September 2026, state rules still governed online prescribing and differed from state to state.

Medical boards make up that federation. The guidance gives boards a model to use; it is not one law for the whole country.

Ask how the service will handle a visit that needs more than an online exchange.

As of September 2026, the approved tesamorelin labels were for EGRIFTA SV and EGRIFTA WR.

Tesamorelin sold as “research only”, meaning labelled for laboratory work, or mixed with other peptide substances was not an approved EGRIFTA product (September 2026).

A pharmacist or doctor can prepare medicine for a specific order; this is called compounding.

Tesamorelin belongs to a medicine group with separate federal approval rules (September 2026).

FDA (Food and Drug Administration) says pharmacies cannot legally make their own versions of medicines in this group (September 2026).

Pause an offer for a pharmacy-made copy. Ask the prescriber to identify the approved product before moving ahead.