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Elara MD Review

Semaglutide & tirzepatide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 6.6/10

Best for: compounded semaglutide at $249/month

6.6
★★★☆☆6.6/10

Elara MD scores highest on the clinical side (which drugs it prescribes and how it doses) and lowest on price. Its compounded semaglutide costs $249 a month, 25% above the $199 median among the sellers we compare.

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$249/mo

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Prices checked October 2026

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Elara MD prices injectable GLP-1 by dose: $249 to $349 a month for the semaglutide-range plan and $349 to $649 for the tirzepatide-range GLP-1/GIP plan with B12. Product pages advertise lower "starts at" figures of $199 and $249 that match no listed dose. Medication is included, shipping is free once prescribed, and Strive Pharmacy in Gilbert, Arizona fills orders. The company says it serves over 40 states. Not to be confused with Elara Health and Wellness, a separate company.

By Ruth Calder · Enforcement Editor
Editorially reviewed. Not medical advice · How we verify contentLast reviewed
GLP-1 from $249/moPrice shown up frontPharmacy namedNo FDA warning letters found

Is Elara MD legit?

Yes. Elara MD is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. We rate it 6.6/10 overall, across six areas from price to trust and safety. Legitimate is not the same as right for you, though: that part is a decision for you and a licensed clinician.

Is there an Elara MD promo or coupon code?

We know of no promo or coupon code for Elara MD. Its listed price is $249 a month. Coupon sites advertising "Elara MD discount codes" are not a source we can vouch for, and any genuine offer shows at checkout without a code.

See how Elara MD compares on our rankings of the best semaglutide providers and the best tirzepatide providers.

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Embody

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★★★★★9.3/10

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Best for: flat any-dose pricing, if you can absorb a $199 annual membership on top

★★★★★9.1/10

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AgelessRx

Best for: microdosed compounded GLP-1s from a longevity clinic, or brand Wegovy at manufacturer pricing plus monitoring

★★★★☆7.4/10

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6.6 / 10
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Elara MD at a glance

Type
GLP-1 telehealth provider
Medications
Semaglutide, Tirzepatide
Starting price
$249/mo
FDA status
No FDA warning letters found

How Elara MD scores

Six columns, each one computed from something Elara MD 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 a seller keeps something back, such as its price or its pharmacy, the score reflects it. Every seller we review goes through the same six columns.

Value25%

3.4/10

$249/month is 25% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare.

Effectiveness25%

10.0/10

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

User Experience15%

8.0/10

A price is shown before the questionnaire starts.

Trust & Safety15%

7.0/10

It names the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. It shows a price before asking for health information.

Accessibility10%

5.0/10

No state list is available to check, so this is held at the midpoint rather than scored on 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
734sellers compared
Everychecked against the seller's own site
Value 25%Effectiveness 25%User Experience 15%Trust & Safety 15%Accessibility 10%Support 10%

A seller that shows no price until after the medical intake loses points on User Experience and Trust & Safety, and its review says so. How we score →

What we checked on Elara MD

Last checked October 2026
  • Checked the listed price across 4 dose or plan tiers
  • Recorded which pharmacies the seller names as filling its prescriptions, with the page and date
  • Checked FDA warning letters for Elara MD

Price, availability, and compliance here are read off the seller's own pages and off primary regulatory records, named in the sources below.

What signing up with Elara MD involves

What to expect on the way to a prescription: where the price appears, who fills the medication, and what the monthly price covers. It is not medical advice, and a clinician makes the prescribing decision.

  1. 1Elara MD shows a price on its own site before asking anything about you, so you can compare it with other sellers before you start a questionnaire.
  2. 2Strive Pharmacy fills the prescriptions, and Elara MD names it publicly, which most sellers do not.
Price shown before you start
  • Lowest ongoing monthly price: semaglutide $249, tirzepatide $349. That leaves out membership fees, first-month rates and insurance copays.
  • Confirm that Elara MD serves your state before you start.
  • 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.

Contacting Elara MD

Phone
(888) 688-5470
Email
Elara MD offers email support

Cancelling Elara MD

Taken from the terms Elara MD publishes. Terms change, so check the current policy before you subscribe.

Minimum commitment
None stated
Refund policy
No refunds on prescription medication once charged and shipped

Medications Elara MD lists

Elara MD lists compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide. Each one has its own guide: how it works, the dosing schedule, the side effects that show up in practice, and what the trials measured.

Semaglutide(compounded)Tirzepatide(compounded)

Peptides Elara MD offers

Elara MD sells peptides beyond the GLP-1s. Tap one to read what the evidence says about it.

DropletGlutathioneAntioxidant infusionsDropletNAD+Energy & cellular agingSyringeSermorelinOwn growth-hormone output

Pricing

Prices re-verified

Personalized GLP-1 (low dose, 0.2 mg/wk)Compounded
$249/mo
semaglutide

Dosage options: 0.2 and 0.4 mg per week $249/mo; 0.9, 1.5 and 2.2 mg per week $349/mo. The product page headline says Starts at $199/month.

Personalized GLP-1 (high dose, up to 2.2 mg/wk)Compounded
$349/mo
semaglutide
GLP-1/GIP + B12 (low dose, 2.0 mg/wk)Compounded
$349/mo
tirzepatide

Dosage options: 2.0 and 4.0 mg per week $349/mo; 7.0 mg $449; 9.0 mg $549; 12.0 and 14.0 mg $649. The product page headline says Starts at $249/month.

GLP-1/GIP + B12 (high dose, up to 14.0 mg/wk)Compounded
$649/mo
tirzepatide

Check the price yourself before you pay

Every figure here comes from Elara MD's own website, as of 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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Elara MD compounding-pharmacy partners

Elara MD names each pharmacy below as one that compounds or fills its prescriptions, in its own site, terms or filings. The quote under each one is the seller’s own wording.

Strive Pharmacy

“Which pharmacies do you use? We partner with Strive Pharmacy: [email], 480-626-4366, 275 E Baseline Rd #104 Gilbert, AZ 85233, United States”

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In its favor

  • Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
  • Names Strive Pharmacy as the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions, which most sellers do not
  • We found no FDA warning letters issued to Elara MD

Against it

  • Semaglutide costs $249 a month, 25% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
  • Tirzepatide costs $349 a month, 30% above the $269 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
  • Confirm it serves your state before you start the intake
  • Its semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality

What Elara MD charges

The standing price at Elara MD is $249/month. That sits above the middle of the market, which puts the burden on whatever else is in the package.

  • Compounded semaglutide (0.2 mg): $249/month
  • Compounded semaglutide (up to 2.2 mg): $349/month
  • Compounded tirzepatide (2.0 mg): $349/month
  • Compounded tirzepatide (up to 14.0 mg): $649/month

For compounded semaglutide, the median across the sellers we compare is $199/month, so Elara MD's $249 is a premium, and a premium has to buy something. Check what is bundled before you accept it. Before you pay, compare Elara MD's cancellation terms with other sellers' cancellation and refund policies.

Wellorithm dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide from $247/month, which makes it the fair comparison to run before you commit here.

What Elara MD dispenses

Elara MD prescribes semaglutide (approved as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (approved as Zepbound and Mounjaro). Between them these are the two best-evidenced weight-loss molecules currently on the market. These are compounded preparations from a licensed pharmacy rather than approved pens, which is where the lower price comes from. A compounded drug is not FDA-approved as a finished product: the specific preparation has not been reviewed for safety, efficacy or manufacturing quality. The molecule can be the one in Ozempic and Wegovy; what differs is the formulation, the concentration and the dose ladder. Some of Elara MD's preparations are mixed with B12; why compounders add it separates what is established from what is only claimed.

Safety and disclosure

Elara MD tells you its price before you start the medical questionnaire and the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. We found no FDA warning letters issued to Elara MD. Because the medication is compounded, the named pharmacy is the detail that matters most: its license is the one you can look up. The FDA's warning signs for online medicine sellers are a quick check to run on any seller before you pay. How we weigh oversight, disclosure and price is set out in our scoring methodology.

Elara MD also sells NAD+, and a 2026 systematic review found no outcomes trials of injected NAD+ for anti-aging or wellness.

Who should look elsewhere

  • You care most about the twelve-month total, not the first bill. A flat-rate seller such as Collective will usually win that math.
  • You want the FDA-approved pen specifically. Everything listed here is compounded.
  • You need insurance to cover the cost. Check whether Elara MD bills your plan before you start.

Our read

Elara MD costs more than the middle of this market. If the extras it charges for are ones you would actually use, that is a defensible trade. If not, the same molecule is available for less. Direct Meds is the nearest comparison we review, and worth reading alongside this.

The Bottom Line

Elara MD scores highest on the clinical side (which drugs it prescribes and how it doses) and lowest on price. Its compounded semaglutide costs $249 a month, 25% above the $199 median among the sellers we compare.

Score: 6.6/10Best for: compounded semaglutide at $249/monthFrom: $249/mo

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Where Elara MD is the wrong choice

No seller suits every reader, and pretending otherwise is the easiest way to sell one. On these three counts, another seller does better.

  • If you need the FDA-approved pen rather than a compounded vial, consider WellMedRx.
  • If the standing monthly cost is what decides it, consider Collective (from $59/mo + membership).
  • If you want a human checking in, not just a prescription, consider Eden.

If none of these fits, our guide to alternatives to Elara MD sets more sellers in the same category beside Elara MD on price, states and what the price includes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Elara MD prices injectable GLP-1 by dose: $249 to $349 a month for the semaglutide-range plan and $349 to $649 for the tirzepatide-range GLP-1/GIP plan with B12. Product pages advertise lower "starts at" figures of $199 and $249 that match no listed dose. Medication is included, shipping is free once prescribed, and Strive Pharmacy in Gilbert, Arizona fills orders. The company says it serves over 40 states. Not to be confused with Elara Health and Wellness, a separate company. We rate it 6.6/10 overall.
Elara MD starts at $249 a month. The pricing table above lists every tier.
Ask Elara MD whether it serves your state before you start the intake, and get the answer in writing.
Elara MD lists compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide.
Elara MD lists compounded GLP-1s only. A licensed compounding pharmacy prepares them: same active ingredient as the brand drug, lower cash price, and no FDA approval of the finished product. That last part is the one readers underestimate, and the review above says why.
Check whether Elara MD bills your insurance before you sign up. Compounded GLP-1s are rarely covered by insurance, so plan on paying the listed cash price.
You fill in an online intake, a licensed clinician decides whether a GLP-1 is appropriate, and if the answer is yes the medication ships to you. Elara MD runs that whole sequence on its own site.
We found no FDA warning letters issued to Elara MD. Before you buy, weigh these: Semaglutide costs $249 a month, 25% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare. Tirzepatide costs $349 a month, 30% above the $269 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare. Confirm it serves your state before you start the intake. None of them rules Elara MD out, but each is worth settling before you pay.
Other sellers we cover include RxSpan MD, Direct Meds, and Wellorithm. Which one fits depends on the medication, the monthly price you can sustain and whether it ships to your state, so compare those three facts before you switch.

How to check Elara MD yourself

Glossary

The words sellers use, defined. Tap any term.

Sources

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

Sources & methodology — as of October 2026
  1. 1.GLP Watchdog — GLP-1 Pricing Index 2026 (our independent dataset)— GLP Watchdog.
  2. 2.FDA — Compounding and the 503A Pharmacy Framework— U.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 Standards— Accreditation 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@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  8. 8.FDA — Ozempic (semaglutide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  9. 9.SURMOUNT-1 Trial — Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity (Jastreboff AM et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 35658024.
  10. 10.FDA — Zepbound (tirzepatide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  11. 11.FDA — Mounjaro (tirzepatide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  12. 12.SURMOUNT-5 Trial — Tirzepatide vs. Semaglutide Head-to-Head in Obesity (Aronne LJ et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 40353578.

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