Pharmacy Verification Tool

Pharmacy Legitimacy Lookup

Give it a pharmacy name or a domain. It puts that to five public-record databases at once — FDA warning letters, drug recalls, state license records, 503B registration — and shows you what each returned, labeled. There is no score here, and nothing is rated. Only the sources.

Important: Public-Record Disclosure Tool

What you are reading is the public record, gathered up. And nothing found is not the same as nothing wrong — it means these particular sources hold no such record today. Records arrive late, arrive incomplete, or have not been indexed yet. Check for yourself with your state board of pharmacy and with the clinician prescribing for you before using any compounding pharmacy. Two databases are outside what this can reach: LegitScript, which charges and publishes no API, and NABP VPP, which is gated. Both have to be checked by hand.

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How this tool works

This tool is a public-record aggregator, not a rating engine. It queries government databases that are freely available but scattered across multiple agency websites. When you search a pharmacy name, it fans out to 5 sources in parallel and returns whatever each source reports — without inventing a score or making a recommendation.

503B vs 503A

A 503B registers with the FDA itself and works to cGMP — the standard drug manufacturers are held to. A 503A is licensed by its state and works to USP <797>, with no FDA registration behind it. Either may compound a GLP-1.

Warning letters vs recalls

A warning letter sets out what an inspection alleged. A recall — graded I through III — means a product was pulled from the market, by the firm or at the FDA’s request, and Class I is the grade reserved for a serious hazard. Both sit on the public record as enforcement, and neither is a conviction.

What this tool does NOT check

•LegitScript certification — paid B2B product; no public API. Check directly at legitscript.com.
•NABP Verified Pharmacy Program database — gated; no public list or API. Verify at safe.pharmacy. Exception: domains ending in .pharmacy are NABP-verified by TLD ownership.
•FDA inspection classifications (Form 483) — deferred to v1.1; requires session-cookie or OII credential to download the .xlsx.
•PCAB accreditation — voluntary quality accreditation via ACHC. Not a government database; verify at achc.org/pcab.

Frequently asked questions

How can I tell whether a compounding pharmacy is real?

Verification involves multiple signals: state board license (active and in good standing), optional PCAB accreditation, and whether the pharmacy has received FDA warning letters or recalls. 503B registration (FDA oversight) is a stronger signal than 503A-only. This tool checks each of those government databases so you have the public-record facts. Your final verification should be with the pharmacy directly and your prescribing provider.

How serious is a Class I recall?

A Class I recall is the FDA's most serious classification — it means the recalled product could cause serious health consequences or death. For compounding pharmacies, Class I and Class II recalls are most often triggered by sterility failures or contamination. A recall does not mean every product from that pharmacy is unsafe, but it is meaningful signal that warrants direct inquiry with the pharmacy and your provider.

Does 503B mean safer than 503A?

503B outsourcing facilities are subject to FDA inspection and must follow current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) — a higher regulatory bar than 503A pharmacies, which are state-regulated under USP <797>. However, several highly-regarded 503A pharmacies hold PCAB accreditation and maintain excellent quality records. 503B registration is one signal, not the only signal.

Why is a clean result not a clean bill of health?

Because enforcement only ever follows a discovery. The FDA and the state boards act once a problem has surfaced, never in anticipation of one — and a pharmacy nobody has inspected will show nothing for the same reason a good one does. What a clean result establishes is narrow: no public enforcement action appears in these particular sources today. It certifies nothing about quality, sterility or compliance.

Data sources

1.FDA Warning Letters — 120 entries scraped from fda.gov. Refreshed weekly. Last updated 2026-05-10.
2.openFDA Drug Enforcement / Recalls — 17,600+ records via live api.fda.gov. Daily updates. Results cached 1 hour.
3.Texas State Board of Pharmacy — Curated snapshot of phydsk.csv (daily refresh). Includes non-resident pharmacies that ship into Texas. v1.1 follow-up: full automated ingest.
4.Illinois IDFPR License Registry — Live query via Socrata API (4.2M professional licenses). Results cached 1 hour.
5.FDA 503B Outsourcing Facilities — ~30-entry static dataset mirroring the FDA registered outsourcing facilities page. Refreshed weekly.

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Important: Public-Record Disclosure Tool

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