Jump into this sheet Boston care checklists A reading guide for Boston Find your sheet Check a licence Read the bill On this sheet The checklist Reading notes Source drawer All sheets A sheet from the Boston reading path Find the word that stopped you. Use the word sheet while reading an offer or after a visit. Keep the meaning beside the question it belongs to. Find a term or part of its meaning Term or meaning Clear All entries are shown. Words you may hear in the visit Active ingredient The ingredient meant to produce the medicine’s effect. Adverse event An unwanted experience reported while someone uses a medical product. Compounding Preparing or changing a medicine through a pharmacist, doctor or registered facility instead of supplying a finished drug-maker product. FDA Short for Food and Drug Administration, the federal reviewer of medicines. Formulary The medicine list used by your insurance plan when deciding coverage. GLP-1 A hormone linked to appetite as well as blood sugar. Semaglutide and tirzepatide are medicines used in diabetes and weight care that copy its action. MedWatch A route for telling FDA about a product problem; both patients and health professionals can send a report. NDC A product identifier in a drug directory; the letters stand for National Drug Code. Outsourcing facility A business registered with FDA that makes batches of specially prepared medicines without living germs, often for hospital and clinic use. Peptide Protein building blocks called amino acids, linked into a short chain. Prior authorization The plan’s advance agreement to pay, required for some medicines. Referral A hand-off to another health professional to cover a needed part of care. Self-pay Paying cash for care or medicine outside insurance. Sterile Free of living germs. Telehealth Care with the clinician in another place, using a phone call, video link or online exchange. Ask what an unfamiliar word changes about your own options. A definition can make the conversation easier to follow; it does not decide the treatment. Return to the questions for your visit Open the source drawer The meanings are shortened for reading. Use the relevant product, board or plan record for a decision about a specific case. FDA’s notes on compounding terms Federal consumer notes on Medicare drug payment Keep reading Official desks A Boston guide to keep beside your questions; this site is no clinic or medicine shop. All the reading sheets Home Before you start First product check Person and licence Massachusetts visit checks Care routes Medicine details Specially prepared medicine Evidence checks Full cost Payment questions Follow-up plan Pause or get help Questions to take Prepare the visit Words to look up Official desks Read this sheet as text Text reading index Back to the top