How OPTML reviews, sources, and updates the medical content on this site — and how to report a correction.
Every educational claim on this site — symptom descriptions, protocol summaries, side-effect profiles, dosing context, weight-loss percentages, hormone ranges — is intended to reflect the current peer-reviewed clinical literature as it applies to U.S.-licensed compounded telehealth practice. We aim to be conservative, sourced, and corrected promptly when the evidence shifts.
This page describes how we get to that standard and where we fall short, so you can hold us accountable.
OPTML’s on-site educational content is reviewed by a panel of U.S.-licensed physicians from the Telegra MD provider network — the same physician network responsible for intake review, prescribing, and ongoing care for OPTML patients.
Reviewers are credentialed within the Telegra MD network. Individual provider names are disclosed during patient intake; site-wide content reviewers are not individually named to preserve continuity if a reviewer rotates off the panel.
For any clinical claim involving efficacy, dosing, safety, or mechanism, we cite at least one of:
Anecdotal, non-peer-reviewed, or pre-print sources are not used to support clinical claims on this site.
Each new article, treatment page, or symptom guide is drafted by an internal content lead working from primary sources (see above) and prior physician-approved OPTML content.
A reviewer with relevant specialty experience reads the draft, verifies cited sources, and either signs off, requests revisions, or rejects the piece. Sign-off requires that every clinical claim is supported by a cited or commonly accepted source, that doses and ranges match U.S. clinical practice, and that statements about compounded preparations include the standard FDA disclosure (compounded drugs are not FDA-approved; the FDA does not verify the safety, effectiveness, or quality of compounded drugs).
Approved content is published with a visible “last reviewed” or “last updated” date where applicable. Articles with material clinical claims are re-reviewed at least annually, and sooner when a new randomized trial, FDA action, or society guideline meaningfully changes the underlying evidence.
If a reader reports an error and we confirm it, we update the page within five business days, log the change internally, and (for substantive corrections) update the visible “last updated” date on the page.
This site is educational. Nothing on this site is a substitute for clinical judgment by a licensed physician who knows your full medical history. The presence of educational content about a medication or protocol does not mean OPTML will prescribe it to you; that decision is made by a Telegra MD network physician after intake review.
Compounded medications. OPTML prescribes compounded formulations of medications such as semaglutide, tirzepatide, testosterone cypionate, enclomiphene, estradiol, progesterone, sermorelin, and NAD+. Compounded preparations are not FDA-approved, and the FDA does not verify the safety, effectiveness, or quality of compounded drugs. Our compounded preparations are dispensed by U.S.-licensed 503A pharmacy partners — Strive Pharmacy, Boothwyn Pharmacy, and Absolute Pharmacy — each registered with the FDA and operating under USP <797> sterility standards.
Tools and calculators. Calculators, score sheets, and decoders on this site (BMI, BMR, TDEE, Perimenopause Symptom Score, GH Optimization Score, Lab Decoder, Wearable Decoder, GLP-1 Dose Calculator, etc.) are for educational use only. Not medical advice. Not a prescription.
OPTML is a commercial telehealth service. We earn revenue when patients become subscribers. We disclose this directly so you can weigh it against the educational content here.
To limit conflict-of-interest risk in our content:
If you find a clinical claim on this site that appears inaccurate, out-of-date, or inadequately sourced, please email us at info@optml.com with the page URL and a description of the issue. We aim to acknowledge within two business days and resolve within five.
For urgent medical concerns related to your own care, do not use this form. Contact your prescribing OPTML provider through your patient portal, your local urgent care, or in an emergency, call 911.
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