MFV Pharmacy
“All compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide medications are prepared in MFV Pharmacy, a licensed compounding pharmacy based in Utah.”
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute Review
Semaglutide & tirzepatide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 6.4/10
Best for: Pennsylvania-area adults who want a monthly video visit with a named doctor while on compounded GLP-1s
6.4
★★★☆☆6.4/10
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute scores highest on the clinical side (which drugs it prescribes and how it doses) and lowest on price, and it serves 5 states. Its compounded semaglutide costs $275 a month, 38% above the $199 median among the sellers we compare.
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$225first month
then $275/mo ongoing
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
In the price
Clinician visits
In the price
Shipping
Not stated
Lab work
Not stated
Coaching
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The Sanctuary Wellness Institute is a Pennsylvania telehealth practice, best known for medical marijuana cards, that also runs a physician-led GLP-1 program by video. Its semaglutide membership is $225 for the first month and $275 a month after; tirzepatide is $450 a month. Both include monthly doctor visits, and the site says medication is included if prescribed, though other pages say a pharmacy handles medication payment. It names MFV Pharmacy in Utah as its compounder.
By Ruth Calder · Enforcement Editor
Editorially reviewed. Not medical advice · How we verify contentLast reviewed
GLP-1 from $275/moPrice shown up front5 statesPharmacy namedNo FDA warning letters foundVideo visit requiredLabs required
Is The Sanctuary Wellness Institute legit?
Yes. The Sanctuary Wellness Institute is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. We rate it 6.4/10 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute promo or coupon code?
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute has no coupon code to enter. New patients are currently quoted $225 for the first month, then $275 a month, and the discount applies on its own. Coupon sites advertising a "The Sanctuary Wellness Institute promo code" are not a source we can vouch for.
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The Sanctuary Wellness Institute at a glance
- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Medications
- Semaglutide, Tirzepatide
- Starting price
- $275/mo
- What's included
- Medication · Consult
- Availability
- 5 states
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letters found
How The Sanctuary Wellness Institute scores
Six columns, each one computed from something The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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%
2.7/10$275/month is 38% 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%
7.0/10A price is shown before the questionnaire starts. A live video visit is required, which is slower but the more careful intake. Baseline bloodwork is required before a prescription.
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%
2.8/10Serves 5 of 50 states.
Support10%
5.5/10The price covers the medication and clinician visits.
6weighted dimensions
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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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute
Last checked November 2026- Checked the listed price across 2 dose or plan tiers
- Checked state coverage: 5 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute
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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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.
- 1The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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.
- 2The intake requires a live video visit with a clinician and baseline bloodwork before a first prescription, which takes longer than a written form and is the more careful route.
- 3MFV Pharmacy fills the prescriptions, and The Sanctuary Wellness Institute names it publicly, which most sellers do not.
- 4The monthly price includes the medication and clinician visits.
Price shown before you startLive video visit requiredBaseline labs required
- Lowest ongoing monthly price: semaglutide $275, tirzepatide $450. That leaves out membership fees, first-month rates and insurance copays.
- The Sanctuary Wellness Institute serves 5 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute
- Phone
- (484) 346-5140
- The Sanctuary Wellness Institute offers email support
Cancelling The Sanctuary Wellness Institute
Taken from the terms The Sanctuary Wellness Institute publishes. Terms change, so check the current policy before you subscribe.
- Minimum commitment
- Monthly membership; a doctor visit each month is needed for the next prescription
- Refund policy
- GLP-1 FAQ: "You may cancel your appointment at any time. Medication orders cannot be refunded once they are placed by the doctor."
Medications The Sanctuary Wellness Institute lists
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute offers
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute sells peptides beyond the GLP-1s. Tap one to read what the evidence says about it.
Pricing
Prices re-verified
Semaglutide monthly program, one flat rate (site says medication included if prescribed)Compounded
$275$225/mo
Save 18% right nowsemaglutide
State pages: "$225 for your first month. $275 per month after." "All Inclusive With Your Membership - No Hidden Fees: Physician telehealth consultations, Lab work, Shipped to your doorstep, 'How to inject' telehealth appointment ..., Meal planning and guidance, Ongoing physician and care team support". Medication is not on that list, but the Pennsylvania page's own description reads "$225 first month, $275/month after, medication included if prescribed." /weight-loss.php still says "You will then be referred to a pharmacy, who will handle payment and fulfillment of any applicable medication." The $225 is the first month.
Tirzepatide monthly program, one flat rate (site says medication included if prescribed)Compounded
$450/mo
tirzepatide
/weight-loss/tirzepatide-prescription.php: "$450 Per Month, All Inclusive, No Hidden Fees", with the same inclusion list as the semaglutide membership (no medication line). Recorded as medication included on the Pennsylvania page's statement for the program and the drug-specific price.
Check the price yourself before you pay
Every figure here comes from The Sanctuary Wellness Institute'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.
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute compounding-pharmacy partners
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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 clinician visits
- Names MFV Pharmacy as the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions, which most sellers do not
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to The Sanctuary Wellness Institute
- A live video visit with a clinician is required before a prescription, which is slower than a form and is the more careful intake
- Baseline bloodwork is required before a prescription
Against it
- Semaglutide costs $275 a month, 38% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
- Tirzepatide costs $450 a month, 67% above the $269 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
- Serves only 5 states, so check that yours is one of them
- 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute charges
Two numbers matter here and only one of them is the price. $225 is the opening month; $275/month is what The Sanctuary Wellness Institute charges after that.
- Compounded semaglutide: $225 first month, then $275/month
- Compounded tirzepatide: $450/month
For compounded semaglutide, the median across the sellers we compare is $199/month, so The Sanctuary Wellness Institute's $275 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute's cancellation terms with other sellers' cancellation and refund policies.
Direct Meds dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide from $249/month, which makes it the fair comparison to run before you commit here.
What The Sanctuary Wellness Institute dispenses
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute prescribes semaglutide (approved as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (approved as Zepbound and Mounjaro). Between them these are the two molecules with the largest published weight-loss trial programs behind them. The medication is compounded rather than dispensed as an approved pen. Compounding serves real clinical needs and is entirely lawful; what it is not is reviewed, and the cost difference reflects that. For what differs besides the price, see compounded semaglutide vs Ozempic and Wegovy.
Safety and disclosure
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute tells you its price before you start the medical questionnaire, the 5 states it serves, and the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. We found no FDA warning letters issued to The Sanctuary Wellness Institute. 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute. How we weigh oversight, disclosure and price is set out in our scoring methodology.
Of the peptides The Sanctuary Wellness Institute sells, BPC-157, TB-500, Semax, and MOTS-c are among the six in the October 2026 HHS compounding policy. It says HHS does not intend to take enforcement action against 503A pharmacies that compound them under ten conditions, and it approves none of them. The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute is a cheap way to start and an ordinary way to continue. Use the $225 month for what it is good for, finding out whether the medication works for you, and re-run the numbers against $275/month before you let it renew twice. MangoRx is the nearest comparison we review, and worth reading alongside this.
The Bottom Line
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute scores highest on the clinical side (which drugs it prescribes and how it doses) and lowest on price, and it serves 5 states. Its compounded semaglutide costs $275 a month, 38% above the $199 median among the sellers we compare.
Score: 6.4/10Best for: Pennsylvania-area adults who want a monthly video visit with a named doctor while on compounded GLP-1sFrom: $275/mo
Before you pay The Sanctuary Wellness Institute
Starting at $275 a month. Check today's price, then start the intake.
Where The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute sets more sellers in the same category beside The Sanctuary Wellness Institute on price, states and what the price includes.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute is a Pennsylvania telehealth practice, best known for medical marijuana cards, that also runs a physician-led GLP-1 program by video. Its semaglutide membership is $225 for the first month and $275 a month after; tirzepatide is $450 a month. Both include monthly doctor visits, and the site says medication is included if prescribed, though other pages say a pharmacy handles medication payment. It names MFV Pharmacy in Utah as its compounder. We rate it 6.4/10 overall.
The standing rate at The Sanctuary Wellness Institute is $275 a month. The $225 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.
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute names 5 states. Check that yours is on the list before you go any further.
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute lists compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide.
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute bills your insurance before you sign up. Compounded GLP-1s are rarely covered by insurance, so plan on paying the listed cash price.
The Sanctuary Wellness Institute says the price covers medication and the clinician visit. 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 $225 for the first month. The Sanctuary Wellness Institute runs that whole sequence on its own site.
We found no FDA warning letters issued to The Sanctuary Wellness Institute. Before you buy, weigh these: Semaglutide costs $275 a month, 38% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare. Tirzepatide costs $450 a month, 67% above the $269 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare. Serves only 5 states, so check that yours is one of them. None of them rules The Sanctuary Wellness Institute out, but each is worth settling before you pay.
Other sellers we cover include MangoRx, TrimRx, and RxSpan MD. 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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute yourself
- How to Get a GLP-1 Prescription
- How to Read a Peptide Certificate of Analysis (and What It Cannot Prove)
- Is Ozempic Available Over the Counter? No GLP-1 Is, and What Is Sold Instead
Every seller that ships to your state, side by side: Alabama, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.
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 The Sanctuary Wellness Institute review: primary regulatory filings, and peer-reviewed studies.
Sources & methodology — as of November 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.
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