LifeMD Review
Semaglutide & tirzepatide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 6/10
Best for: bloodwork inside the monthly price rather than billed on top
LifeMD falls below our bar on disclosure. It charges from $298 a month.
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then $298/mo ongoing
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
In the price
Clinician visits
In the price
Shipping
Not stated
Lab work
In the price
Coaching
In the price
Prices checked October 2026
LifeMD is a publicly traded telehealth company that prescribes brand-name GLP-1s only. Its weight program costs $149 a month ($39 for the first month) for clinician visits, coaching and most lab work, and the drug is billed on top: cash prices start at $149 for the Wegovy pill, $199 for the Wegovy pen and $299 for the Zepbound vial. It also checks insurance and accepts Medicare. A refund applies if you lose under 10% in a year and meet every condition.
Is LifeMD legit?
Yes. LifeMD is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. We rate it 6.0/10 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 a LifeMD promo or coupon code?
LifeMD has no code to type in. The current offer: '$39 for First Month of Care', then $149/month thereafter (out-of-pocket). Wegovy Pen from $199, Zepbound vial from $349/mo. It applies at checkout on its own. Coupon sites advertising a "LifeMD promo code" are not a source we can vouch for.
See how LifeMD compares on our rankings of the best semaglutide providers and the best tirzepatide providers.
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LifeMD at a glance
- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Medications
- Wegovy, Zepbound
- Starting price
- $298/mo
- What's included
- Consult · Labs · Coaching
- Availability
- All 50 states
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letters found
How LifeMD scores
Six columns, each one computed from something LifeMD 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%
3.0/10The listed figure is not a comparable monthly price for a named GLP-1 (it may be a membership fee, an insured copay, a per-vial rate or a starting-dose price), so Value is capped rather than scored against other sellers.
Effectiveness25%
10.0/10Dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide, including the FDA-approved product. Anchored to SURMOUNT-1 (tirzepatide, -20.9%) and STEP 1 (semaglutide, -14.9%).
User Experience15%
3.0/10No price appears until the medical intake is finished.
Trust & Safety15%
5.0/10No pharmacy is named for its prescriptions. Its price appears only after the medical intake. It lists the states it serves.
Accessibility10%
10.0/10Serves all 50 states.
Support10%
5.5/10The price covers clinician visits, lab work and coaching.
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 LifeMD
Last checked October 2026- Checked the listed price across 3 dose or plan tiers
- Checked state coverage: all 50
- Checked what the monthly price covers, and what it leaves out
- Checked FDA warning letters for LifeMD
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 LifeMD 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.
- 1LifeMD shows a price only after you finish its medical questionnaire, so you cannot compare costs until you have shared health information.
- 2Ask LifeMD which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay. The pharmacy's name is what lets you check its license.
- 3The monthly price includes clinician visits, lab work and coaching.
- Before you commit, get the ongoing monthly price of the medication itself, not a first-month rate, a membership fee or a per-vial price.
- LifeMD serves all 50 states.
Contacting LifeMD
- Phone
- (800) 852-1575
Cancelling LifeMD
Taken from the terms LifeMD publishes. Terms change, so check the current policy before you subscribe.
- Cancel any time
- Yes
- Minimum commitment
- None
- Refund policy
- Money-back guarantee after 12 months if under 10% loss and all conditions met
Medications LifeMD lists
LifeMD lists Wegovy and Zepbound. 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.
Pricing
Prices re-verified
Drug from $149 cash for new patients without coverage, plus the $149/mo program fee ($39 first month). Insured patients may pay a $0-$25 copay for the drug.
Drug from $199 cash, plus the program fee ($39 first month).
Drug from $299 cash, plus the program fee ($39 first month).
Check the price yourself before you pay
Every figure here comes from LifeMD'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.
In its favor
- The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits, lab work and coaching
- Serves all 50 states
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to LifeMD
Against it
- You only see a price after finishing the medical intake, so you cannot compare costs before sharing health information
- Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
What LifeMD charges
The figure LifeMD leads with is $188, and it is a first-month rate. From month two the price is $298/month, which is the number to plan around. There is nothing wrong with an introductory offer; it just is not the price of staying on the medication. Before you pay, compare LifeMD's cancellation terms with other sellers' cancellation and refund policies.
- Wegovy pill with insurance: $188 first month, then $298/month
- Wegovy pen: $238 first month, then $348/month
- Zepbound vial: $338 first month, then $448/month
MangoRx, at about $299/month, is the closest like-for-like alternative we review.
What LifeMD dispenses
LifeMD prescribes semaglutide (approved as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (approved as Zepbound and Mounjaro). Between them these are the pair carrying the strongest published outcome data. These are FDA-approved brand-name products rather than compounded preparations, which is the more expensive route and the one where what is in the pen has been reviewed. Brand names vs molecules sorts out which pen holds which drug. The Wegovy pill is priced by dose; what it costs each way you can pay compares the routes.
Safety and disclosure
LifeMD tells you that it treats patients in all 50 states. It also offers coaching as part of the plan. We found no FDA warning letters issued to LifeMD. 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.
Who should look elsewhere
- You would be choosing on the advertised figure. The introductory month is real, but it is not what you will pay in month three.
It fits if
- you want a cheap way to find out whether the medication suits you before committing
- you want coaching bundled in rather than billed on top
- you need access wherever you live
- you want to try routing the cost through your insurance, where coverage is decided in three steps
Our read
LifeMD is a cheap way to start and an ordinary way to continue. Use the $188 month for what it is good for, finding out whether the medication works for you, and re-run the numbers against $298/month before you let it renew twice. The catch is disclosure, which is why LifeMD scores low on Trust & Safety: settle the pharmacy and pricing questions above before the price decides for you.
The Bottom Line
LifeMD falls below our bar on disclosure. It charges from $298 a month.
Before you pay LifeMD
Starting at $298 a month. Check today's price, then start the intake.
If you are weighing other sellers, our guide to alternatives to LifeMD sets more sellers in the same category beside LifeMD on price, states and what the price includes.
Compare LifeMD head to head
Our head-to-head pages for LifeMD are LifeMD vs TrimRx, LifeMD vs Fridays, LifeMD vs Hers, LifeMD vs Noom, LifeMD vs Gala, and LifeMD vs altRX.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to check LifeMD yourself
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Glossary
The words sellers use, defined. Tap any term.
- Semaglutide · Drugs and brands
- Tirzepatide · Drugs and brands
- Compounded GLP-1 · Pharmacy and drug forms
- 503A pharmacy · Pharmacy and drug forms
- PCAB accreditation · Pharmacy and drug forms
- Prior authorization (PA) · Insurance and regulatory
- Off-label use · Insurance and regulatory
- FDA Drug Shortage List · Insurance and regulatory
Sources
Cited across this LifeMD review: primary regulatory filings, and peer-reviewed studies.
Sources & methodology — as of October 2026
- 1.GLP Watchdog — GLP-1 Pricing Index 2026 (our independent dataset)— GLP Watchdog.
- 2.FDA — Compounding and the 503A Pharmacy Framework— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 3.FDA — Drug Shortages Database (current shortage listings)— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 4.PCAB — Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board Standards— Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) / PCAB.
- 5.KFF — Medicaid coverage research (anti-obesity & GLP-1 drug policy)— Kaiser Family Foundation.
- 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.FDA — Wegovy (semaglutide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 8.FDA — Ozempic (semaglutide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 9.SURMOUNT-1 Trial — Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity (Jastreboff AM et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 35658024.
- 10.FDA — Zepbound (tirzepatide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 11.FDA — Mounjaro (tirzepatide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 12.SURMOUNT-5 Trial — Tirzepatide vs. Semaglutide Head-to-Head in Obesity (Aronne LJ et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 40353578.
See LifeMD's current pricing
Plans start at $188 a month. Whether you qualify is a clinician's decision, made after your intake.