Medical Review Process

Our standard

Educational content on this site (treatment summaries, side-effect information, symptom descriptions and general health guidance) is meant to reflect the current peer-reviewed clinical literature. We aim to be conservative, sourced and quick to correct.

This page describes how we work toward that standard, so you can hold us accountable.

How we source and check the content

Educational pages are written from primary, peer-reviewed clinical literature and official prescribing information, not opinion or marketing. Before a page is published, clinical claims are traced back to a cited source and paired with any required disclosures, including the notice that compounded medications are not FDA-approved.

Our editorial standard has four rules:

• Primary sources first. Claims about effectiveness, safety or how a medication works are grounded in peer-reviewed trials, systematic reviews or published prescribing information, not anecdote.
• Conservative by default. Where the evidence is mixed or still emerging, we say so rather than overstate it.
• Compliant framing. Statements about compounded medications carry the FDA disclosure, and we never present a branded drug’s trial results as results for a compounded preparation.
• Dated and correctable. Pages carry a last-updated date and are revised when the evidence changes or a reader flags an error.

Prescribing is separate from this content. Treatment decisions are made by an independent, U.S.-licensed provider through Wasef Health, PC after reviewing your online visit. This page is about the educational content on the site.

Our sourcing standards

For any clinical claim about effectiveness, safety or how a medication works, we cite at least one of:

• Peer-reviewed randomized controlled trials or systematic reviews.
• Official prescribing information where it applies.

Anecdotal, non-peer-reviewed or pre-print sources are not used to support clinical claims on this site.

How content gets published

1. Writing

Each article or treatment page is drafted from primary sources (see above).

2. Sourcing & compliance check

Before publishing, the draft is checked against our editorial standard: clinical claims must be supported by a cited source, and statements about compounded preparations must include the FDA disclosure (compounded drugs are not FDA-approved; the FDA does not review compounded drugs for safety, effectiveness or quality). Anything that fails these checks is revised or removed.

3. Publication and dating

Published content shows a last-updated date where applicable, and is revisited when a new trial, FDA action or clinical guideline meaningfully changes the evidence.

4. Corrections

If a reader reports an error and we confirm it, we update the page and, for substantive corrections, its last-updated date.

What this site is and isn't

Compounded medications. ShyftMD offers compounded sermorelin and compounded GLP-1 (semaglutide). Compounded medications are not FDA-approved, and the FDA does not review compounded drugs for safety, effectiveness or quality. Prescribed medications are prepared by licensed U.S. compounding (503A) pharmacies.

Tools and calculators. Calculators on this site (such as BMI, BMR and TDEE) are for educational use only. Not medical advice. Not a prescription.

Conflicts of interest

ShyftMD is a commercial telehealth service and earns revenue when patients buy treatment. We say so directly so you can weigh it against the educational content here.

• We aim to publish the limits of a treatment (side effects, eligibility limits, situations where it is the wrong choice) with the same weight as its benefits.
• Product images are illustrations. Your medication is dispensed under the label of the compounding pharmacy that prepares it.

Report a correction or medical concern

If you find a clinical claim on this site that seems inaccurate, out of date or poorly sourced, email help@shyftmd.com with the page URL and a description of the issue.

For urgent medical concerns about your own care, don’t use email. Contact your provider through your patient portal or your local urgent care, or in an emergency, call 911.