Kora MD Review

What Kora MD charges

Kora MD advertises $117. That buys the first month. The standing rate is $179/month, and that is the one worth doing the math on, because the introductory figure applies once.

• Compounded semaglutide (injection): $117 first month, then $279/month
• Compounded tirzepatide (injection): $198 first month, then $389/month
• Compounded semaglutide (oral): $279/month
• Compounded tirzepatide (oral): $339/month
• Compounded semaglutide (microdose injection): $179/month
• Compounded tirzepatide (microdose injection): $179/month

For compounded tirzepatide, the median across the sellers we compare is $269/month, so Kora MD's $339 is a premium, and a premium has to buy something. Discounting the first month does not change the twelve-month total by much. Before you pay, compare Kora MD's cancellation terms with other sellers' cancellation and refund policies.

DudeMeds dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide from $175/month, which makes it the fair comparison to run before you commit here.

What Kora MD dispenses

Kora 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. What arrives is compounded at a licensed pharmacy, not an approved pen. That is the reason it costs less, and the reason the finished preparation carries no FDA review behind it. The molecule can be the one in Ozempic and Wegovy; what differs is the formulation, the concentration and the dose ladder. Kora MD also lists a microdose plan, and the published evidence on GLP-1 microdosing is letters and commentary rather than trials.

A needle-free oral option is genuinely uncommon and is the reason some readers will look at Kora MD at all. Set expectations on the evidence, though: the published weight-loss trials for these molecules used injections. Oral and sublingual delivery of peptides is far less studied, so treat it as a route that solves the needle problem rather than as a proven equal to the shot.

Safety and disclosure

Kora MD tells you its price before you start the medical questionnaire, that it treats patients in all 50 states, and the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. We found no FDA warning letters issued to Kora 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.

Kora 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 would be choosing on the advertised figure. The introductory month is real, but it is not what you will pay in month three.
• You want the FDA-approved pen specifically. Everything listed here is compounded.
• You need insurance to cover the cost. Check whether Kora MD bills your plan before you start.

It fits if

• you want a cheap way to find out whether the medication suits you before committing
• injections are the thing keeping you from starting
• you need access wherever you live

Our read

Kora MD is a cheap way to start and an ordinary way to continue. Use the $117 month for what it is good for, finding out whether the medication works for you, and re-run the numbers against $179/month before you let it renew twice. Bodybuilding Health+ is the nearest comparison we review, and worth reading alongside this.