When you are about to trust an online healthcare company with your money and your health information, you need a way to separate legitimate operators from the rest. LegitScript certification is one of the strongest signals available, and it takes about two minutes to check. Here is what it is, what it is not, and how to use it.
What LegitScript actually is
LegitScript is a private verification and monitoring company focused on online healthcare and other high-risk sectors. Its healthcare certification program reviews businesses against published standards: valid licensure, legal compliance, transparent identification of the clinicians and pharmacies involved, honest advertising, patient privacy practices, and legitimate prescription requirements.
The certification matters for a practical reason beyond trust: major ad platforms, including Google and Meta, require it before telehealth and pharmacy businesses in this category can advertise. That requirement exists precisely because this corner of the internet has a history of bad actors.
What certification checks
While the full standards are published by LegitScript, the review covers themes a careful patient should care about:
- Licensure: the business and its clinical and pharmacy partners hold the licenses their work requires
- Transparency: the site says who provides care, who dispenses medication, and how to reach them
- Valid prescriptions: medication is prescribed only after a clinician evaluates the patient
- Honest marketing: no misleading claims about products, outcomes, or pricing
- Privacy: health information is handled under appropriate safeguards
What certification does not mean
Certification evaluates the business, not your treatment. It does not mean a medication is right for you, and it does not replace a clinician's judgment. It also is not an FDA approval of anything the business sells. Treat it as a floor, not a ceiling: a signal the company operates legitimately, on top of which your own clinician makes the medical decisions.
How to verify any site in two minutes
- Go to legitscript.com and search the website's domain name.
- If the site displays a LegitScript seal, click it. A real seal links to a live verification page on legitscript.com. A seal that links nowhere is a red flag.
- Check that the site names its clinicians or clinical partner and its dispensing pharmacy. Verify the pharmacy's license with the state board of pharmacy.
- Read the pricing and cancellation terms. Legitimate operators publish both.
- Walk away from any site that promises a prescription, guarantees results, or sells prescription medication without a clinician's review.
Red flags that end the conversation
- No physician evaluation before prescription medication
- No named pharmacy, or a pharmacy based outside the United States
- Guaranteed approval or guaranteed results
- Prices that look impossible for legitimate physician-supervised care
- A certification seal that does not link to a live verification page
Where Majesta Health stands
Majesta Health's clinical services are provided through an independent clinical partner that holds LegitScript certification, and Majesta Health LLC itself is in active review for LegitScript Healthcare Merchant Certification. We publish our clinicians, our process, our pricing, and our cancellation terms, and a licensed clinician decides every prescription. You can read exactly how Majesta works, and we encourage you to run the checks above on us the same way you would on anyone else.
For the full picture of getting GLP-1 care online the legitimate way, see our honest guide to online GLP-1 prescriptions.
Sources: LegitScript published certification standards (legitscript.com); Google Ads healthcare and medicines policy; FTC Health Products Compliance Guidance.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved as final products.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is LegitScript?
LegitScript is a private company that verifies and monitors online healthcare businesses, including telehealth platforms and pharmacies. Its healthcare certification reviews a company's licensure, business practices, transparency, privacy posture, and advertising. Google and Meta require LegitScript certification before healthcare businesses in this category can run ads on their platforms.
Does LegitScript certification mean a treatment is safe or right for me?
No. Certification speaks to the business: its licenses, transparency, and practices. It does not evaluate whether a particular medication is appropriate for a particular person. That decision always belongs to a licensed clinician who has reviewed your health history.
How do I check whether a website is LegitScript certified?
Use the search on legitscript.com to look up the website's domain. Certified businesses appear with a certification status, and legitimate sites that display a LegitScript seal link back to their live verification page. A seal image alone, without a working link to legitscript.com, proves nothing.
What other checks should I run before using a telehealth provider?
Confirm that a licensed clinician reviews your health information before any prescription, that the dispensing pharmacy is named and holds a state license you can verify with the state board of pharmacy, that pricing and cancellation terms are published, and that the site does not promise a prescription or specific results. A legitimate provider passes all of these without excuses.
Majesta Health medical content is written against primary sources (FDA labels, peer-reviewed trials, HHS and CDC publications) and passes a documented compliance review before publication. We are rolling out named physician review with US-licensed clinicians from our partner MD Integrations (MDI): each reviewed article will show the reviewing physician's name, NPI, and review date.
- US-licensed physicians affiliated with our clinical partner MD Integrations
- Practicing in primary care and obesity medicine
- Active state medical licensure required for every prescribing clinician
- Active DEA registration where applicable (note: GLP-1 medications are not controlled substances)
- Telehealth practice across the states we currently serve through the MD Integrations Medical Services Organization (coverage varies by state; see our states page)
- Dispensing pharmacy partner: Belmar Pharma Solutions; Majesta prescriptions are dispensed through Belmar's state-licensed 503A compounding pharmacy