Take this question list to the visit
Use the parts that fit. A good conversation leaves room for “I do not know” and for a plan to change.
Questions about your situation
- What problem are we trying to address?
- What options are available besides this one?
- What in my health history matters most here?
- What information is still missing?
Name the product
Questions about what is being offered
- What is the ingredient name, and does it come as a pill, a shot, or something else?
- Is the exact product FDA-approved or compounded?
- Which pharmacy will make it or hand it over?
- What will appear on the label?
- How does storage work for this exact product?
Questions about follow-up and cost
- Which symptoms or test results should make me call you soon?
- Who answers questions between visits?
- What does the first payment include?
- What costs may appear later?
- How can I get a copy of my records?
Keep the written instructions
Storage differs from one product to another. Follow the label and the pharmacy’s instructions for the medicine you actually have.
As of September 2026, if an Illinois pharmacy mixes a medicine to order for you, the label must say it was specially made in that pharmacy for you, at the direction of the person who prescribed it. If that medicine must be sterile (made free of germs, as injected medicines are) and you use it at home, its label also needs a phone number answered 24 hours a day, and it must be shipped at a controlled temperature.