Rush Pharmacy
“Prescriptions, when issued, are filled and shipped by Rush Pharmacy ( [website] ), a U.S.-based, state-licensed compounding pharmacy.”
Meli Health Review
Semaglutide & tirzepatide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 7.5/10
Best for: compounded semaglutide by monthly subscription, async review, anywhere outside California
7.5
★★★★☆7.5/10
Meli Health's strongest column is the clinical side: which molecules it will prescribe, and how it handles dosing.
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$147first month
then $229/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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Meli Health is a Delaware telehealth company, on a domain registered in August 2026, whose catalog runs from compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide to peptide, hair and sexual-health products. It names its clinician network, LocumTele, and its pharmacy, Rush Pharmacy, and serves every state except California. After an opening month at $147 or $179, semaglutide is $229 a month and tirzepatide $299.
By Ruth Calder · Enforcement Editor
Editorially reviewed. Not medical advice · How we verify contentLast reviewed
GLP-1 from $229/moPrice shown up front49 statesPharmacy namedNo FDA warning letters found
Is Meli Health legit?
Yes. Meli Health is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. We rate it 7.5/10 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 Meli Health promo or coupon code?
Meli Health has no coupon code to enter. New patients are currently quoted $147 for the first month, then $229 a month, and the discount applies on its own. Coupon sites advertising a "Meli Health promo code" are not a source we can vouch for.
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- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Medications
- Semaglutide, Tirzepatide
- Starting price
- $229/mo
- What's included
- Medication · Shipping
- Availability
- 49 states
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letters found
How Meli Health scores
Six columns, each one computed from something Meli Health 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%
4.0/10$229/month is 15% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare.
Effectiveness25%
10.0/10Dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide, compounded only. Anchored to SURMOUNT-1 (tirzepatide, -20.9%) and STEP 1 (semaglutide, -14.9%).
User Experience15%
8.0/10A price is shown before the questionnaire starts.
Trust & Safety15%
9.0/10It names the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. It shows a price before asking for health information. It lists the states it serves.
Accessibility10%
9.8/10Serves 49 of 50 states.
Support10%
4.5/10The price covers the medication and shipping.
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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 Meli Health
Last checked October 2026- Checked the listed price across 2 dose or plan tiers
- Checked state coverage: 49 states
- 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 Meli Health
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 Meli Health 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.
- 1Meli Health 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.
- 2Rush Pharmacy fills the prescriptions, and Meli Health names it publicly, which most sellers do not.
- 3The monthly price includes the medication and shipping.
Price shown before you start
- Lowest ongoing monthly price: semaglutide $229, tirzepatide $299. That leaves out membership fees, first-month rates and insurance copays.
- Meli Health serves 49 of 50 states, so check that yours is one of them.
- 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 Meli Health
- Meli Health offers email support
Cancelling Meli Health
Taken from the terms Meli Health publishes. Terms change, so check the current policy before you subscribe.
- Cancel any time
- Yes
- Minimum commitment
- Monthly subscription charged ahead of each cycle; stop it in the account, or email support two days before renewal
- Refund policy
- Medication and pharmacy fees may be refunded before pharmacy processing or if the provider declines; provider and platform fees become non-refundable once review begins.
- Early-termination fee
- None
Medications Meli Health lists
Meli Health 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.
Pricing
Prices re-verified
Weekly injection, billed monthly until canceledCompounded
$229$147/mo
Save 36% right nowsemaglutide
$147 for the opening month, then $229 a month, billed in advance each cycle. Shipping is free once a prescription is filled.
Weekly injection, billed monthly until canceledCompounded
$299$179/mo
Save 40% right nowtirzepatide
$179 for the opening month, then $299 a month on the same billing terms.
Check the price yourself before you pay
Every figure here was read off Meli Health'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.
Meli Health compounding-pharmacy partners
Meli Health 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.
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
- Serves 49 states
- Names Rush Pharmacy as the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions, which most sellers do not
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to Meli Health
Against it
- Semaglutide costs $229 a month, 15% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
- Tirzepatide costs $299 a month, 20% above the $249 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
- 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 Meli Health charges
The figure Meli Health leads with is $147, and it is a first-month rate. From month two the price is $229/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.
- Compounded semaglutide: $147 first month, then $229/month
- Compounded tirzepatide: $179 first month, then $299/month
For compounded semaglutide, the median across the sellers we compare is $199/month, so Meli Health's $229 is a premium, and a premium has to buy something. Discounting the first month does not change the twelve-month total by much.
Belle Health dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide from $199/month, which makes it the fair comparison to run before you commit here.
What Meli Health dispenses
Meli Health 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.
Safety and disclosure
Meli Health tells you its price before you start the medical questionnaire, the 49 states it serves, and the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. We found no FDA warning letters issued to Meli Health. Because the medication is compounded, the named pharmacy is the detail that matters most: its license is the one you can look up. How we weigh oversight, disclosure and price is set out in our scoring methodology.
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 Meli Health 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
Meli Health is a cheap way to start and an ordinary way to continue. Use the $147 month for what it is good for, finding out whether the medication works for you, and re-run the numbers against $229/month before you let it renew twice. Wellorithm is the nearest comparison we review, and worth reading alongside this.
The Bottom Line
Meli Health's strongest column is the clinical side: which molecules it will prescribe, and how it handles dosing.
Score: 7.5/10Best for: compounded semaglutide by monthly subscription, async review, anywhere outside CaliforniaFrom: $229/mo
Before you pay Meli Health
Starting at $229 a month. Check today's price, then start the intake.
Where Meli Health 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 SkinnyRx.
- If the standing monthly cost is what decides it, consider Collective (from $59/mo).
- If you want a human checking in, not just a prescription, consider ShedRx.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Meli Health is a Delaware telehealth company, on a domain registered in August 2026, whose catalog runs from compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide to peptide, hair and sexual-health products. It names its clinician network, LocumTele, and its pharmacy, Rush Pharmacy, and serves every state except California. After an opening month at $147 or $179, semaglutide is $229 a month and tirzepatide $299. We rate it 7.5/10 overall.
The standing rate at Meli Health is $229 a month. The $147 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.
Meli Health names 49 states. Check that yours is on the list before you go any further.
Meli Health lists compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide.
Meli Health 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 Meli Health bills your insurance before you sign up. It also takes FSA and HSA cards. Compounded GLP-1s are rarely covered by insurance, so plan on paying the listed cash price.
Meli Health 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 $147 for the first month. Meli Health runs that whole sequence on its own site.
We found no FDA warning letters issued to Meli Health. Before you buy, weigh these: Semaglutide costs $229 a month, 15% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare. Tirzepatide costs $299 a month, 20% above the $249 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare. 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. None of them rules Meli Health out, but each is worth settling before you pay.
How to check Meli Health yourself
- How to Verify an Online GLP-1 Pharmacy: Six Public Checks
- We Read FDA's Register of Compounding Facilities. 42 of 98 Have Never Been Inspected.
- Buying Tirzepatide as a Research Chemical: What "Research Use Only" Really Means
Every seller that ships to your state, side by side: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida and every other state.
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 Meli Health 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 (Garvey WT et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 40334173.
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