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Medical Review Process

Last reviewed: May 30, 2026

This page explains how GLPTree produces and maintains medically relevant content. It describes the four-stage review process, what "medically reviewed" means on this site, who conducts reviews, and how frequently content is re-examined. Reading this page will help you understand the confidence you can have in any clinical claim on the site — and equally, what its limits are.

Important note before you read

Even content that has been reviewed by a board-certified physician is general educational information. It is not personalized medical advice and does not account for your individual medical history, comorbidities, current medications, or clinical circumstances. Always consult your own physician or healthcare provider before starting, changing, or stopping any medication.

The four-stage review process

Draft against primary sources

Every content page begins as a draft written against primary sources: the current FDA prescribing information for the relevant medication, the published peer-reviewed trial data (STEP, SURMOUNT, SCALE, PIONEER, TRIUMPH, or the relevant investigational trial papers), and where appropriate the ClinicalTrials.gov record. The draft includes inline citations to every factual claim before it proceeds to the next stage. No claim is included in the draft if a primary source citation cannot be attached to it.

Internal fact-check against FDA label and trial publication

Before the draft is sent for medical review, the publisher performs an internal fact-check. Each quantitative claim — a trial efficacy figure, a dosing interval, an approved indication, a contraindication — is checked directly against the cited source. If the draft claims a medication showed a specific percentage of weight loss, the reviewer locates that exact figure in the cited publication and confirms it matches. Discrepancies are corrected in the draft before it advances. This stage also checks that dosing information matches the current label, not an outdated version.

Medical review by a credentialed clinician

Medication pages, clinical comparison pages, and articles covering treatment decisions or clinical trial interpretation are reviewed by a board-certified physician before publication. The physician reviewer reads the draft with access to the same primary sources and confirms that: clinical claims are accurately represented; no claim overstates or understates the strength of the evidence; appropriate hedging language is used where evidence is preliminary or contested; and nothing in the content would constitute misleading advice to a patient.

The medical reviewer does not provide personalized medical advice and their involvement does not create a doctor-patient relationship with any reader of the site. Their role is to verify factual accuracy, not to advise individuals.

Publish with reviewer credit and last-reviewed date

Pages that have completed medical review are published with a visible reviewer credit (name, specialty, and board certification) and the date on which the review was completed. The "Last reviewed" date on each page reflects the most recent completed review, whether original or re-review. If content is updated between scheduled reviews — for example, to reflect a new FDA label change — the reviewer credit is updated and the last-reviewed date reflects the new review, not the original publication.

What "medically reviewed" means on GLPTree

When a page on GLPTree carries a "Medically reviewed by" credit, it means a board-certified physician in a relevant specialty has read the page, verified the factual accuracy of clinical claims against published primary sources, and confirmed that nothing in the content misrepresents the evidence or would constitute misleading patient guidance.

It does not mean:

That the reviewer endorses any particular medication or treatment approach.
That the content constitutes a medical recommendation for any specific person.
That the reviewer has considered your individual medical history, other medications, or personal circumstances.
That the content replaces an evaluation by your own physician or qualified healthcare provider.

Who reviews content

We work with board-certified obesity medicine and endocrinology physicians to review medication and clinical pages. Reviewer credentials are verified before any content is attributed to a reviewer.

Medical Reviewer Roster

Our medical reviewers are listed at glptree.com/medical-reviewers. That page will be populated with reviewer names, board certifications, and institutional affiliations as reviewers complete onboarding.

Re-review schedule

Medically reviewed pages are re-reviewed on the following schedule:

Quarterly: All approved-medication pages are scheduled for re-review every calendar quarter. If the FDA label has changed, or a significant trial publication has occurred, the re-review is triggered immediately rather than waiting for the quarterly cycle.
On FDA action: Any safety communication, label update, new indication, or market withdrawal triggers an immediate re-review of all pages covering the affected medication.
On major new trial publication: Pivotal trial publications or major secondary analyses trigger a targeted re-review of the affected pages within 14 days of publication.
Annually: Articles and general clinical explainers are re-reviewed annually or when a change in clinical evidence makes earlier review appropriate.

The "Last reviewed" date visible on each page reflects the date of the most recent completed re-review.

Related: About GLPTree · Editorial Policy · Medical Reviewers (coming soon)