Compounded tirzepatide
LeanDose review
LeanDose, a Texas clinic group that also treats patients online, sells compounded tirzepatide four weeks at a time for $299. Reordering every 28 days averages about $325 a calendar month. The plan doesn't renew on its own, and your card is charged only if a provider prescribes.
Who it suits
Good fit if
- You want to try tirzepatide without signing up for automatic renewals.
- You'd like care in Spanish, or the choice of an in-person visit at a LeanDose clinic in Texas.
- You want nothing charged until a provider has actually written the prescription.
Look elsewhere if
- You live outside the 17 states where LeanDose offers telemedicine.
- You'd rather be billed once a calendar month than buy a new supply every 28 days.
What you get
LeanDose's site calls its tirzepatide "Tirz GLP-1/GIP." The shortest option at checkout is Monthly Flex: a 4-week supply for $299, with one bottle of the house GLP-1 Support supplement. Checkout describes it as a one-time plan with no automatic renewal. Shipping is free, and LeanDose says there's no membership fee.
The first-month price on LeanDose's product pages matches the monthly rate of the prepaid 12-week plan, not what a single month costs. Prescriptions are filled by Striker Pharmacy in Katy, Texas. LeanDose lists LegitScript certification, and it runs clinics in Houston, San Antonio, Laredo, McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville.
How it works
- Take the eligibility quiz, which LeanDose says takes 60 to 90 seconds and needs no insurance.
- Choose tirzepatide and a plan. Checkout places a temporary hold on your card for the plan total, with nothing due today.
- Complete the medical intake for a licensed provider. If you're not prescribed, you pay nothing.
- Once approved, the card is charged and the order ships free, arriving in 3 to 4 business days.
- When the four weeks are up, you buy the next supply yourself, since Monthly Flex doesn't renew automatically.
Pros and cons
Pros
- LeanDose captures the $299 only after a provider prescribes, so a declined intake costs nothing.
- Monthly Flex doesn't renew by itself, so there's no LeanDose subscription to remember to cancel.
- LeanDose runs its quiz in Spanish as well as English, and provider messages come in both languages.
Cons
- The "first month" price on LeanDose's product pages is a prepaid plan's rate, below what one month costs.
- LeanDose's one-month tirzepatide is a 4-week supply, which means 13 purchases a year.
- Telemedicine covers 17 states, from Alaska to Washington, so much of the country can't order.
Check before you pay
- The prepaid push
- Checkout steers you toward the 12-week and 6-month plans, which cost less per month but are paid in full up front. Pick Monthly Flex if you only want one supply.
- Changing your mind
- You can pause, change or cancel an order only before it's fulfilled, by contacting LeanDose's care team.
- Your state
- The FAQ lists Alaska, Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Price
LeanDose costs $325 a month for compounded tirzepatide. It advertises $299. The card is charged $299 every 4 weeks.
How we got $325
The arithmeticOne month = 30.4375 days
LeanDose advertises
Read on LeanDose's own site
$299.00
The card is charged $299.00 — exactly what it advertises
+ $0.00
And it is charged every 4 weeks, not every month
13.04 charges a year, not twelve.
+ $26.03
A real month$325.03
A real month costs $26.03 more than the figure advertised.
Where it sits, and what costs less
$86median $269$434+
262 cheaper · 72%96 dearer · 26%
The most expensive 10 sellers charge between $434 and $649 a month.
- Collective$86
- Teleios Health$99
- Valhalla Vitalitystarting dose$99
- RxPepsDirectstarting dose$100
- WeightRxstarting dose$125
- LeanDose$325
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What else this seller sells
The same seller appears in our data for one other medication.
- semaglutide — $216 a month
Each figure is a real month for that medication, and none of it is part of the compounded tirzepatide price above. How the two molecules compare at every seller that sells both: compounded tirzepatide vs compounded semaglutide.
LeanDose questions
- Is LeanDose legit?
- LeanDose runs in-person weight-loss clinics in Texas and an online program reviewed by licensed providers. It lists LegitScript certification and names Striker Pharmacy as the pharmacy. Its tirzepatide is compounded, so it isn't Zepbound or Mounjaro and has no FDA approval.
- How much is LeanDose tirzepatide per month?
- $299 for a 4-week supply on Monthly Flex, or about $325 a calendar month if you reorder every 28 days. The prepaid 12-week and 6-month plans cost less per month. LeanDose's semaglutide averages $216 a month.
- Does LeanDose take insurance?
- No. LeanDose is cash-pay, and its quiz doesn't ask about insurance. The prepaid plans can be split into four payments with Klarna if Klarna approves you.
- Can you cancel LeanDose?
- Monthly Flex has nothing to cancel, because it doesn't renew. To stop an order already placed, contact LeanDose before it's fulfilled.