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MaxLife vs PreventiveMD
Quick answer
PreventiveMD costs $139 a real month and MaxLife costs $195 — a difference of $56 a month, or $672 a year. Both figures are computed from what each seller actually charges and how often, not from the price on its landing page.
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MaxLife or PreventiveMD?
PreventiveMD is the cheaper way to start, at $139 a month against $195 for MaxLife; MaxLife does not publish what its top dose costs, so ask before you commit past the first month. Only MaxLife reaches Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas and 10 more states, going by where each says it ships. MaxLife received an FDA warning letter in February 2026; PreventiveMD has none on record.
What each one bills
| MaxLife | PreventiveMD | |
|---|---|---|
| True monthly cost | $195 | $139 |
| Advertised as | $120 | $97 |
| Charged | every calendar month | every calendar month |
| Each charge | $195 | $139 |
| Price basis | a starting-dose price that climbs | the same at every dose |
| Mandatory recurring fee | none found | none found |
| States it names | 50 states | 36 states |
| FDA warning letter | yes | none on record |
Where they actually differ
- One price holds and the other climbs. MaxLife’s price is a starting-dose price that climbs; PreventiveMD’s is the same at every dose. See what titration does to an advertised figure.
- What they advertise is not what they bill. MaxLife advertises $120 and bills $195; PreventiveMD advertises $97 and bills $139.
How we know
Both figures were read on the seller’s own site and recomputed over a 30.4375-day calendar month from the charge and the billing period it covers. Neither is a seller’s own “/mo”. The full working for each — the charge, the period, the arithmetic and the date it was read — is on its own page: MaxLife and PreventiveMD. The method is set out in how we verify.
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