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Semaglutide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 5.6/10

Best for: compounded semaglutide at $169/month

5.6
★★☆☆2.8/5

Actin falls below our bar on medical oversight. Read the breakdown below before you give it money.

$169/mo

Covered by the monthly price

Medication

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Clinician visits

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Shipping

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Lab work

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Coaching

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Actin sells compounded semaglutide with B12 for weight loss, and also provides hormone, sexual wellness, and hair health treatments. Pricing is published and starts from $133.

By Ruth Calder · Enforcement Editor
Editorially reviewed & fact-checked against primary sources · How we verify contentLast reviewed
GLP-1 from $169/moPrice after intakeNo FDA letter on record

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Actin at a glance

Type
GLP-1 telehealth provider
Medications
Semaglutide
Starting price
$169/mo (month-to-month; $143/mo on the 3-month plan, $116/mo on the 6-month plan)
FDA status
No FDA warning letter on record

How Actin scores

Six columns, each one computed from something Actin has published rather than from an opinion we formed: what it charges, which molecules it will dispense, what its record shows, and what the monthly figure actually buys. Where it publishes nothing, that absence is what gets scored. Every seller in the register goes through the same six columns.

Value25%

5.8/10

$169/month is 11% below the register median of $189 for compounded semaglutide.

Effectiveness25%

8.5/10

Dispenses semaglutide, compounded only. Anchored to SURMOUNT-1 (tirzepatide, -20.9%) and STEP 1 (semaglutide, -14.9%).

User Experience15%

3.0/10

On the seller's own pages, no price appears until the medical intake is finished.

Trust & Safety15%

4.0/10

does not name a dispensing pharmacy; withholds price until after the intake. Our verification confidence is medium.

Accessibility10%

5.0/10

Publishes no list of states served, so coverage cannot be confirmed either way. Capped at the midpoint — this measures disclosure, not reach.

Support10%

5.0/10

States too little about what the monthly cost covers to score the bundle. Held at the midpoint rather than assumed.

6weighted dimensions
560sellers in the register
Everychecked against the seller's own site
Value 25%Effectiveness 25%User Experience 15%Trust & Safety 15%Accessibility 10%Support 10%

A seller that will not show a price before an intake loses points on Value and carries that note in its review. Withholding the number is itself a finding. How we score →

What we checked on Actin

Last checked July 2026
  • Re-read the price on file across 1 dose or plan tier
  • Searched our FDA enforcement register for this operator

Price, availability, and compliance here are read off the seller's own pages and off primary regulatory records, named in the sources below. Editorial confidence in this data: medium.

What signing up with Actin involves

Assembled from this seller’s entry in the register — the price record, the state list, the dispensing pharmacy where one is named, and what the monthly figure covers. It describes what a reader can expect to meet on the way to a prescription, and what is missing from the seller’s own disclosures. It is not a clinical judgment and not a prescribing decision.

  1. 1Actin does not show a price until you have worked through its medical questionnaire. Budget for the fact that you cannot compare it against anything until you have handed over health information.
  2. 2The intake is a written questionnaire. No live video visit or baseline bloodwork is recorded as required.
  3. 3Actin does not say which pharmacy dispenses the medication. That is common here and it means you cannot check the pharmacy's record before you buy.
Price shown only after intake
  • Cheapest standing monthly prices on record: semaglutide $169. Membership fees, first-month rates and insured copays are excluded from those figures.
  • No state list is published, so whether Actin serves your state cannot be confirmed from its site.
  • The medication is compounded, so it is not an FDA-approved product and has not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality.

GLP-1 medications Actin offers

Each one has its own guide: how the molecule works, the dosing schedule, the side effects that show up in practice, and what the trials actually measured.

Pricing

Prices re-verified

Compounded GLP-1 (semaglutide + B12)Compounded
$169/mo
semaglutide

month-to-month; $143/mo on the 3-month plan, $116/mo on the 6-month plan

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Every figure here was read off Actin's own checkout on the date shown. Sellers move prices without announcing it, and promotional rates lapse, so confirm the standing cost on their site before committing.

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In its favor

  • Semaglutide at $169 a month, within the normal band around this register's $189 median for the same drug and form
  • No FDA warning letter matched this operator when we searched our enforcement register

Against it

  • No price appears until the medical intake is complete, so the cost cannot be compared before health information is submitted
  • No state list is on record here, so whether it serves your state cannot be confirmed from this page
  • No dispensing pharmacy is named in our record, so its accreditation cannot be looked up from here
  • Its semaglutide is compounded rather than FDA-approved, so it has not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality

What Actin charges

The standing price at Actin is $169/month.

  • Compounded semaglutide — $169/month

The median across the GLP-1 providers we track is about $169/month, so this lands mid-market — close enough that the deciding factor is unlikely to be price.

Found dispenses semaglutide from $149/month, which makes it the honest comparison to run before committing here.

What Actin dispenses

Actin prescribes semaglutide (approved as Wegovy and Ozempic). Between them these are one of the most heavily studied molecules in this class. The medication is compounded rather than dispensed as an approved pen. Compounding serves real clinical needs and is entirely lawful; what it is not is reviewed, and the cost difference reflects that.

What we could verify

Actin publishes little that can be checked from outside an intake. We searched the federal warning-letter record for this operator and came back with nothing. Because the medication is compounded and no dispensing pharmacy is named publicly, the single most useful question to ask at intake is which licensed pharmacy fills the prescription. A seller that will not answer that has told you something. How we weigh oversight, disclosure and price evidence is set out in our scoring methodology.

Who should look elsewhere

  • You want the FDA-approved pen specifically. Nothing here is the approved finished product.
  • You need to bill insurance. Like most of this market, this is cash-pay.

Our read

Actin lands mid-market on price without a standout advantage or an obvious problem. It comes down to whether its particular package fits.

The Bottom Line

Actin falls below our bar on medical oversight. Read the breakdown below before you give it money.

Score: 5.6/10Best for: compounded semaglutide at $169/monthFrom: $169/mo

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Where Actin is the wrong choice

No seller in this register suits every reader, and saying otherwise would be the easiest way to sell one. On these four counts another entry does better.

  • If you need the FDA-approved pen rather than a compounded vial, consider Found.
  • If the standing monthly cost is what decides it, consider Telos Rx (from $99/mo).
  • If you want a human checking in, not just a prescription, consider Oak.

Frequently Asked Questions

Glossary

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Sources

Cited across this Actin review: primary regulatory filings, and peer-reviewed studies.

Sources & methodology — as of August 2026
  1. 1.GLP Watchdog — GLP-1 Pricing Index 2026 (our independent dataset)GLP Watchdog.
  2. 2.FDA — Compounding and the 503A Pharmacy FrameworkU.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  3. 3.FDA — Drug Shortages Database (current shortage listings)U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  4. 4.PCAB — Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board StandardsAccreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) / PCAB.
  5. 5.KFF — Medicaid coverage research (anti-obesity & GLP-1 drug policy)Kaiser Family Foundation.
  6. 6.STEP 1 Trial — Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity (Wilding JPH et al.)New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 33567185.
  7. 7.FDA — Wegovy (semaglutide) Approval History via Drugs@FDAU.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  8. 8.FDA — Ozempic (semaglutide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDAU.S. Food & Drug Administration.

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