Curex vs Glow

Curex has an open FDA warning letter dated September 9, 2025. Glow has none. No price lines up like for like: Curex and Glow publish prices for different products.

By Ruth Calder · Enforcement Editor
Editorially reviewed. Not medical advice · How we verify contentLast reviewed

The record

Curex / Glow

Curex logo

Curex

7.7/10

Glow logo

Glow

7.1/10

FDA warning letters
None on record
Pharmacy
None named in our record
None named in our record
Lowest standing price
$199/moCompounded oral semaglutide
$199/moCompounded semaglutide injection
States
All 50 states
No state list published
Checked
Prices captured Record checked October 2026
Prices captured Record checked October 2026

Neither Curex nor Glow pays us. Links to them earn nothing. Scores: Curex 7.7, Glow 7.1. How we are paid

What the record shows

  1. 01

    Curex has an open FDA warning letter dated September 9, 2025. Glow has none.

  2. 02

    Neither names the pharmacy that compounds its medication.

  3. 03

    No price lines up like for like: Curex and Glow publish prices for different products.

  4. 04

    Only Curex lists a price for compounded oral semaglutide and compounded oral tirzepatide. Only Glow lists a price for compounded semaglutide injection and compounded tirzepatide injection.

  5. 05

    Curex lists all 50 states. Glow publishes no state list.

Prices and terms, product by product

A price is set against the other side only for the same product, and only when both are standing monthly or 4-week rates. Those pairs are compared by yearly cost.

Curex

Glow

Compounded semaglutide injection
Not sold or not priced

$199/mo

$2,388 a year

Compounded tirzepatide injection
Not sold or not priced

$349/mo

$4,188 a year

Compounded oral semaglutide

$199/mo

$2,388 a year

Not sold or not priced
Compounded oral tirzepatide

$199/mo

$2,388 a year

Not sold or not priced
Price includes
Medication, clinician visits, shipping
Medication, clinician visits, shipping
Billed separately
Labs
Not stated
Cancel any time
Yes, stated
Yes, stated
Minimum term
None on monthly plans; prepaid plans commit for the full term
Monthly subscription that renews each billing period until canceled
Refunds
Terms: all fees non-refundable; consult fee up to $100 kept even if not prescribed
A consultation-fee refund is possible when no visit takes place or the prescriber declines; medication refunds go through the dispensing pharmacy, which "generally cannot accept returns once medications have been shipped."
Early-exit fee
None stated
Not stated

Read off each seller’s own pages. Curex: October 17, 2026. Glow: October 17, 2026. Every plan and dose we hold is on the full review.

The case for each

The case for Curex

7.7/10
  • Sells compounded oral semaglutide and compounded oral tirzepatide, which Glow does not price
  • Open FDA warning letter, September 9, 2025
  • Names no compounding pharmacy
  • Price leaves out labs

The case for Glow

7.1/10
  • No FDA warning letter on record
  • Sells compounded semaglutide injection and compounded tirzepatide injection, which Curex does not price
  • Names no compounding pharmacy
  • Publishes no state list

Scores

Curex 7.7 · Glow 7.1 out of 10. Six weighted parts.

Value25%

6.6A
vs
B
5.0

Effectiveness25%

10.0A
vs
B
10.0

User Experience15%

8.0A
vs
B
8.0

Trust & Safety15%

4.5A
vs
B
6.5

Accessibility10%

10.0A
vs
B
5.0

Support10%

7.0A
vs
B
7.0

The score is the same formula for every seller. Payment does not enter it. Method

Curex vs Glow: questions

Curex has an open FDA warning letter dated September 9, 2025. Glow has none. Letters are matched to a seller by company, domain and address, never by a similar name.
Neither names the pharmacy that compounds its medication.
No price lines up like for like: Curex and Glow publish prices for different products. We only set two prices against each other when they are for the same product and both are standing month-to-month or 4-week rates.
Curex states you can cancel at any time; refunds: terms: all fees non-refundable; consult fee up to $100 kept even if not prescribed. Glow states you can cancel at any time; refunds: a consultation-fee refund is possible when no visit takes place or the prescriber declines; medication refunds go through the dispensing pharmacy, which "generally cannot accept returns once medications have been shipped.".
Neither Curex nor Glow pays us. Links to them earn nothing. Scores: Curex 7.7, Glow 7.1.

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