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QUESTION KIT / CARRY THE QUESTION SHEET

Take the question at your own pace.

Bring the questions. Leave room for answers.

It is hard to remember every question during a visit. Bring the offer, your medicine list and space to write down the replies.

Start with your main concern. Ask the doctor or other licensed person treating you to explain each answer in words you can repeat back.

Look up a word from the visit

CHECK / OPEN

Your main concern

The question to ask

The reply you receive

Anything still open

Keep the answer beside the question.

The problem and the person

My main concern and the help I want:

Ask during the conversation

What do you think is causing my symptoms?

What other care options can we discuss?

What is your full name, job title and licence information? Are you a doctor or another person licensed to treat patients?

Are you authorised to provide care where I will be during the visit?

The exact medicine

Ask during the conversation

What is the full ingredient name on the label? Please explain any extra words after BPC-157.

Who would make it, and where can I check their licence?

Has the FDA approved it? If not, which US government rule allows you to provide it? Please show me that rule and explain how this medicine meets it.

What tests were done on the batch my medicine would come from? A batch is a group made together.

The proof and the unknowns

Ask during the conversation

Which human study supports the claim for my problem?

What did it compare and measure?

What do we know about harm, and what remains unknown?

How do my health history, medicines and pregnancy plans affect the discussion?

The charges and the next step

Ask during the conversation

What would I pay in total, including visits, tests and follow-up?

What renews, and how can I cancel it?

Who answers questions after the visit?

What could lead us to change the plan?

What I still need answered

Write down any open question, who will answer it and how you will get the reply.

For a paper copy, tap or click Print question sheet near the top of this page, then choose your printer and Print. On a computer, you can also hold Ctrl (Command on a Mac) and press P to open the printing window. Use the blank space under each topic for replies.

Source notes for this briefing

The state-board directory for licence checks

FDA's detail for the product questions

The assessment and follow-up questions

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