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Maves Review

Semaglutide & tirzepatide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 6.7/10

Best for: compounded GLP-1s paired with sermorelin or NAD+ in one monthly bundle

6.7
★★★☆☆6.7/10

Maves 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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$189first month

then $249/mo ongoing

Covered by the monthly price

Medication

In the price

Clinician visits

Not stated

Shipping

In the price

Lab work

Not stated

Coaching

Not stated

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Prices checked October 2026

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Maves, a brand of Homera Health LLC, sells compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide beside sermorelin and NAD+, and pushes bundled protocols that pair a GLP-1 with a peptide. Semaglutide costs $189 for the first month and $249 after; tirzepatide costs $249, then $349, renewing about every 28 to 30 days. Beluga Health and Keeva Medical Group prescribe, and GoGoMeds and Red Rock Pharmacy fill. The site now says it serves select states, not all 50.

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 Maves legit?

Yes. Maves is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. Its site shows LegitScript certification. We rate it 6.7/10 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 Maves promo or coupon code?

Maves has no code to type in. The current offer: GLP-1 treatments starting at $99 first month. It applies at checkout on its own. Coupon sites advertising a "Maves promo code" are not a source we can vouch for.

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

Vetted alternatives to Maves

9.1/ 10
Verified partner

Collective

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

★★★★★9.1/10

Editorial score · methodology

$59/mo+ membership
CompoundedSemaglutideTirzepatide
Get StartedRead full Collective review →
9.3/ 10
Verified partner

Embody

Best for: a flat compounded tirzepatide or semaglutide price at every dose, from a seller that names its pharmacies

★★★★★9.3/10

Editorial score · methodology

$79/mo
CompoundedSemaglutideTirzepatideGlutathioneNAD+
Get StartedRead full Embody review →
7.9/ 10
Verified partner

Luvo Health

Best for: moving between compounded and brand without changing seller

★★★★☆7.9/10

Editorial score · methodology

$179/mo
CompoundedSemaglutideTirzepatideGonadorelinNAD+LegitScript Verified
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6.7 / 10
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Maves at a glance

Type
GLP-1 telehealth provider
Medications
Semaglutide, Tirzepatide
Starting price
$249/mo
What's included
Medication · Shipping
FDA status
No FDA warning letters found

How Maves scores

Six columns, each one computed from something Maves 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%

8.0/10

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%

4.5/10

The price covers the medication and shipping.

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 Maves

Last checked October 2026
  • Checked the listed price across 2 dose or plan tiers
  • Checked what the monthly price covers, and what it leaves out
  • Recorded which pharmacies the seller names as filling its prescriptions, with the page and date
  • Checked FDA warning letters for Maves

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 Maves 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. 1Maves 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. 2Maves does not require a live video visit or baseline bloodwork before a first prescription.
  3. 3Maves names 2 pharmacies that fill its prescriptions, including GoGoMeds (Specialty Medical Drugstore, LLC), which most sellers do not do.
  4. 4The monthly price includes the medication and shipping.
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 Maves 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.

Cancelling Maves

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

Cancel any time
Yes
Minimum commitment
None; monthly membership renews about every 28-30 days until canceled
Refund policy
A paid membership fee is never refunded. Prescription products cannot be returned and all sales are final.
Early-termination fee
None

Medications Maves lists

Maves 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.

Peptides Maves offers

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

Pricing

Prices re-verified

Injection, monthly plan, renews about every 28-30 daysCompounded
$249$189/mo
Save 24% right now
semaglutide

Treatment page: '$189 first month, then $249/mo', discount auto-applied. Compounded medication and home kit included.

Injection, monthly plan, renews about every 28-30 daysCompounded
$349$249/mo
Save 29% right now
tirzepatide

Treatment page: '$249 first month, then $349/mo'. Bundles pairing a GLP-1 with sermorelin run $248 first month, then $348/mo.

Check the price yourself before you pay

Every figure here comes from Maves'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.

See Maves pricing →

Maves compounding-pharmacy partners

Maves 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.

GoGoMeds (Specialty Medical Drugstore, LLC)

“Partner pharmacy information: GoGoMeds (Specialty Medical Drugstore, LLC) is located at 525 Alexandria Pike, Suite 100, Southgate, KY 41071. They can be contacted at 1-888-795-5826. Red Rock Pharmacy is also a partner pharmacy.”

Red Rock Pharmacy

“Partner pharmacy information: GoGoMeds (Specialty Medical Drugstore, LLC) is located at 525 Alexandria Pike, Suite 100, Southgate, KY 41071. They can be contacted at 1-888-795-5826. Red Rock Pharmacy is also a partner pharmacy.”

Compare every compounding pharmacy we’ve reviewed →

In its favor

  • Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
  • The monthly price includes the medication and shipping
  • Names 2 pharmacies that fill its prescriptions, which most sellers do not
  • We found no FDA warning letters issued to Maves

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 Maves charges

Maves advertises $189. That buys the first month. The standing rate is $249/month, and that is the one worth doing the math on, because the introductory figure applies once.

  • Compounded semaglutide: $189 first month, then $249/month
  • Compounded tirzepatide: $249 first month, then $349/month

For compounded semaglutide, the median across the sellers we compare is $199/month, so Maves' $249 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 Maves' cancellation terms with other sellers' cancellation and refund policies. For scale, the dearest tenth of compounded sellers charges about three times the cheapest tenth.

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

What Maves dispenses

Maves 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. For what differs besides the price, see compounded semaglutide vs Ozempic and Wegovy.

Safety and disclosure

Maves 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 Maves. 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 publishes seven warning signs for telehealth medicine sellers, and they take a minute to run against Maves. How we weigh oversight, disclosure and price is set out in our scoring methodology.

Maves 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 Maves bills your plan before you start.

It fits if

  • you want a cheap way to find out whether the medication suits you before committing

Our read

Maves is a cheap way to start and an ordinary way to continue. Use the $189 month for what it is good for, finding out whether the medication works for you, and re-run the numbers against $249/month before you let it renew twice. Direct Meds is the nearest comparison we review, and worth reading alongside this.

The Bottom Line

Maves 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: 6.7/10Best for: compounded GLP-1s paired with sermorelin or NAD+ in one monthly bundleFrom: $249/mo

Before you pay Maves

Starting at $249 a month. Check today's price, then start the intake.

Where Maves 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 Maves sets more sellers in the same category beside Maves on price, states and what the price includes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Maves, a brand of Homera Health LLC, sells compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide beside sermorelin and NAD+, and pushes bundled protocols that pair a GLP-1 with a peptide. Semaglutide costs $189 for the first month and $249 after; tirzepatide costs $249, then $349, renewing about every 28 to 30 days. Beluga Health and Keeva Medical Group prescribe, and GoGoMeds and Red Rock Pharmacy fill. The site now says it serves select states, not all 50. We rate it 6.7/10 overall.
The standing rate at Maves is $249 a month. The $189 figure is a first month, not what you pay from month two. Cost also moves with the medication and the dose, so read the row in the pricing table above that matches yours.
Ask Maves whether it serves your state before you start the intake, and get the answer in writing.
Maves lists compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide.
Maves 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 Maves bills your insurance before you sign up. Compounded GLP-1s are rarely covered by insurance, so plan on paying the listed cash price.
Maves says the price covers medication and shipping. The strip near the top of this review shows what is included and what is not.
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. New patients are currently quoted $189 for the first month. Maves runs that whole sequence on its own site.
We found no FDA warning letters issued to Maves. 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 Maves 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 Maves yourself

Glossary

The words sellers use, defined. Tap any term.

Sources

Cited across this Maves 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.

See Maves's current pricing

Plans start at $189 a month. Whether you qualify is a clinician's decision, made after your intake.