“Miracle / breakthrough / the secret doctors won't tell you”

Medium Processor policy 1 of 98 standards

How often we find it

Found on 16 of the 1,524 best-selling listings we have ruled, 19 times in total. That is 16 live product pages carrying this wording today.

What this standard rests on

Stripe · platform · processor policy

Stripe Prohibited and Restricted Businesses

“Prohibited Businesses: nutraceuticals and pseudo-pharmaceuticals; unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices”

Source checked 2026-09-13.

FTC · US · statute

FTC Act s.5(a), 15 U.S.C. 45(a)

“unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

What kind of finding this is

Not law. A term of a private contract you have signed with a platform or retailer. Enforcement is account action, not a regulator, and the platform may change the term without notice.

Cite this standard

Claims Verified, standard CV-PR-04 "Miracle / breakthrough / the secret doctors won't tell you", standards v1.3.1, retrieved 16 September 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PR-04/

Or put it in your own policy

Marketing copy must not use "Miracle / breakthrough / the secret doctors won't tell you" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-PR-04 (standards v1.3.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PR-04/

Cite it freely with attribution and the version. The whole register is machine-readable at /standards/registry.json. Rulings are our published professional opinion, not legal advice.

Others in Processor policy

CV-PR-01 · Free trial / risk-free trial (recurring charge not disclosed)CV-PR-02 · Just pay shipping / only pay shipping CV-PR-03 · Auto-ship / subscribe offer with no price, frequency or cancel terms CV-PR-05 · Review or testimonial that cannot be shown to come from a real customer CV-PR-06 · High-pressure upsell or false scarcity (countdown timers, fake stock alerts)

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