Care / field questions
Care begins with a conversation.
An online menu can make the next step feel simple. What happens before anyone says yes matters more.
Start with your health goal. Make room for follow-up questions.
Read the short answerA care conversation
- Your health goal
What brings you here?
- A check of your health
What needs a closer look?
- A discussion
What options fit?
The misconception
“Choosing from a menu is enough.”
- What it can sound like
- A menu choice may seem enough for a prescription: an order for medicine from a health professional, such as a doctor, who has permission to prescribe.
- The short answer
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) brings together state boards that oversee doctors in the US.
The guidance was checked in September 2026: it says picking a treatment from a menu cannot take the place of a proper health check.
That check includes questions about your health and, if needed, an examination or tests.
The same guidance asks for a way to put your own questions to the person providing your care.
State rules still govern; they differ across the US as of September 2026.
Where to start
Choose a way to discuss your goal
| Care setting | Ask before agreeing |
|---|---|
| Licensed telehealth | Telehealth means care by screen, phone or an online exchange. Can I ask the person providing my care follow-up questions? |
| An in-person clinic | A visit in a room. Can we discuss my health goal and other treatment options? |
Names before badges
Check the person, then the pharmacy
Check the person
As of September 2026, US health guidance requires telehealth doctors to have a licence or other permission where you are during the visit.
For a doctor, the FSMB’s directory links to state boards that publish licence records.
Those records also show any punishment the board has made public for a doctor’s misconduct.
Ask the person providing your care for both their full name and their job title. If the person is not a doctor, such as a nurse with extra training, ask them which state board issues their licence and how to check it.
Check the pharmacy
Ask which pharmacy would make and send you any medicine, and get its name. Keep that name separate from the name of the care service.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) links to pharmacy licence records by state.
Finding a licence confirms that record exists; it does not prove every product is appropriate.
Keep these nearby
Questions to take into the visit
- Which health problem are we aiming to treat?
- What human research supports MOTS-c for that problem?
- What does the law allow for this exact ingredient?
- What other treatments can we discuss?
- If tests are proposed, what will each test answer?
- Who answers my questions after the visit?
Have your medicines, supplements and health history to hand. Put your most important question at the top.
What makes an offer worth questioning?
As of September 2026, registering a facility with the FDA does not give approval to its medicines.
If an offer points to registration, ask what that tells you about the exact product.
The FDA’s MOTS-c review found no studies of its safety in people.
Having a health professional involved does not fill that gap in the research.