Choosing between TelosRX and Meds.you is not quite a like-for-like comparison, because Meds.you is not a storefront. It is a parent company that operates a family of separate, single-medication telehealth brands, and its GLP-1 prescribing brand is tirz.com. TelosRX is one brand with four GLP-1 paths, published pricing, and a single intake. Both gate every prescription behind a licensed provider.
If you want more than one GLP-1 option, a lower published starting price, and one place to manage it all, TelosRX is the simpler choice. The Meds.you family fits better if you want help pursuing brand-name tirzepatide through insurance, or if you are shopping across a wide peptide catalog rather than weight management specifically.
Start your intake →Quick comparison: TelosRX vs Meds.you
The Meds.you column below reflects tirz.com, the GLP-1 prescribing brand in the Meds.you family, plus the policies Meds.you publishes for all of its brands. Figures are taken from each company's public pages as of publication.
Compounded medications are not FDA-approved. Any prescription is subject to medical approval by a licensed provider, and approval is not guaranteed.
What is TelosRX?
TelosRX is an online-first, LegitScript-certified telehealth service built around weight management. Prescriptions are written by providers at Arora Health Group and filled by VialsRX and Jungle Jim's, both licensed US pharmacies.
The model is asynchronous. You complete a short intake online, a US-licensed provider reviews it, often within a few hours, and there is no appointment to book. If you are approved, medication ships with free 2-day delivery included in the plan price. If a provider declines you, you get a full refund.
Pricing is published on the product page before you enter a card, and it stays flat while your clinician titrates your dose. Browse the semaglutide and tirzepatide options, or see all four side by side on the GLP-1 options page.
What is Meds.you?
This is the part worth understanding before you compare anything else. Meds.you is not a place you sign up for treatment. It describes itself as the parent company behind a family of telehealth brands. Its own FAQ says it plainly. Each medication has its own dedicated brand site, and that is where you go to get care.
The family currently spans more than ten brands, most of them named after the molecule they sell. Sermorelin, enclomiphene, CJC-1295, MOTS-C, BPC-157, TB-500, GHK-Cu, Semax and others each get their own site. Meds.you Holdings, LLC is registered in Wyoming, and the company publishes shared shipping, refund and telehealth-consent policies that apply across the brands.
The reasoning it gives is genuinely thoughtful. Different medications need different patient education, intake flows and clinical workflows. So it builds a focused experience for each, rather than one generic catalog. If you like reading deeply about a single molecule before you commit, that structure has real appeal.
Two things follow from it that are worth knowing as a reader. First, support is handled per brand rather than centrally. Second, if you take more than one therapy, you are working across more than one site.
Where the GLP-1 actually lives
Meds.you lists two GLP-1 properties, and they do very different things.
tirz.com is the prescribing brand. It offers tirzepatide, runs an online eligibility quiz, has a licensed physician evaluate you, and ships from a licensed US pharmacy. This is the one that competes with TelosRX.
glp-1.com is not a treatment provider, and it says so in its own footnote: it earns a commission and is not a pharmacy or prescriber. It is a medication-information, coupon and provider-comparison site, and the treatment offer featured on it is a sponsored placement from a third-party telehealth company. It is useful for research. It is not where you get a prescription from Meds.you.
That distinction is worth knowing before you start, because the domain name alone suggests a treatment service. If you land on glp-1.com expecting to enroll, the offer in front of you belongs to a different company.
The family also includes brenipatide.org, which covers an investigational Eli Lilly candidate that is not available by prescription outside clinical trials. The site is a waitlist, and it says as much.
Medications: what each program offers
Both programs work with the same drug class. Semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist. Tirzepatide is a dual GLP-1 and GIP receptor agonist. These are the active ingredients behind FDA-approved brands such as Wegovy and Zepbound.
TelosRX offers four paths: semaglutide, standard injectable tirzepatide, a microdosed tirzepatide option for people who want to start gently, and a needle-free oral GLP-1. All TelosRX GLP-1 medications are compounded and are not FDA-approved.
tirz.com offers tirzepatide only. There is no semaglutide brand anywhere in the Meds.you family, so if semaglutide is what you or your provider want, this family does not have a route to it. What tirz.com has that TelosRX does not is a brand-name pathway. Its physicians can prescribe FDA-approved Zepbound or Mounjaro and will help with insurance prior authorization. If that route closes, they can prescribe patient-specific compounded tirzepatide instead. That is a real advantage if you have coverage worth chasing.
For background on this drug class, see the NIH NIDDK overview and the FDA note on tirzepatide for weight management.
Key takeaway: The Meds.you family gives you one GLP-1 molecule across two websites. TelosRX gives you four GLP-1 options, including a needle-free one, on a single page with the price printed on it.
Pricing and transparency
Both companies publish their GLP-1 pricing openly, which is more than a lot of this category manages. The gap is in the numbers and in what happens to them later.
TelosRX publishes these monthly rates:
- Semaglutide as low as $99 per month
- Microdosed tirzepatide as low as $116 per month
- Standard injectable tirzepatide as low as $139 per month
- Oral GLP-1 as low as $269 per month
tirz.com publishes $249 per month on its monthly plan, $233 per month on its 3-month plan and $216 per month on its 6-month plan. Free expedited shipping is included, and there are no separate consultation fees.
Two details are worth reading carefully. Every tirz.com rate on the pricing card is quoted at 2.5 mg weekly, the starting dose. The page does not publish what you pay once your dose escalates. TelosRX states the opposite commitment directly on its product pages: your monthly cost does not change as your clinician titrates your dose. If you are budgeting past month one, that is the line to compare.
The other detail is the guarantee. Meds.you offers a 6-month satisfaction guarantee. It is a genuine offer, but the conditions are specific. It applies to the 6-month plan only. It covers months two through six, not your first payment. You have to stay active for a full 180 consecutive days without pausing or skipping a refill, then request the refund inside a 30-day window. TelosRX works differently. Charges become final once a prescription is transmitted to the pharmacy, and if a provider declines you, you are refunded in full. Neither is strictly better. They protect you at different points.
Both include free 2-day shipping in the plan price, and TelosRX plans are FSA and HSA eligible. Start your intake to see your plan price in a few minutes.
How the process works
TelosRX is built for speed. The intake takes about five minutes, a licensed provider reviews it asynchronously and often within hours, and approved medication ships free within 2 days. There is no appointment, no consultation fee, and cancelling takes one click with no cancellation fee.
tirz.com follows a similar shape with a longer clock. Its published timeline runs like this. An eligibility quiz of under five minutes, a physician evaluation in 1 to 3 business days, pharmacy fulfillment 2 to 5 business days after approval, then free 2-day shipping. Meds.you notes that orders do not ship on Fridays, weekends or holidays, and that cold-shipped medications can take an extra day or two to process. If your case involves an insurance prior authorization, that adds its own timeline on top.
The tradeoff is honest on both sides. TelosRX optimizes for getting a decision quickly at a cash price. tirz.com spends more time up front deciding which access pathway suits you, which is genuinely more work and can pay off if insurance ends up covering you.
Neither service prescribes automatically. Any medication is subject to medical approval by a licensed provider.
Support, pharmacies and ongoing care
Both include unlimited messaging with a provider and dose management as part of the plan rather than as a paid add-on, so this is close to a tie.
Both also name their pharmacy partners publicly, which deserves credit on both sides. Meds.you names Rush Pharmacy across its brands. TelosRX works with VialsRX and Jungle Jim's, with prescribing handled by Arora Health Group. Naming the pharmacy is not universal in this category, and a company that does it is easier to check.
The practical difference is where support sits. TelosRX keeps everything in one account. Meds.you routes patient support through each individual brand, so a person taking tirzepatide and a peptide would be dealing with two brands and two portals. Meds.you presents this as deliberate specialization, and for a single-therapy patient it works fine.
Worth noting if you take more than GLP-1: TelosRX also offers sermorelin at $125 per month, where the Meds.you brand for it publishes $199 per month on its monthly plan.
Safety and medical oversight
Both services put a licensed US provider between you and a prescription, and neither dispenses on request.
GLP-1 medications are not appropriate for everyone. Providers screen for a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2, pancreatitis, and pregnancy or plans to become pregnant. Side effects can include nausea, vomiting, constipation and other digestive changes, most commonly early in treatment or after a dose increase. Tell your provider your full history and medication list during intake.
On certification, TelosRX is LegitScript certified. We could not find a LegitScript listing published for Meds.you or tirz.com, so the table above says "not publicly listed" rather than making a claim in either direction. If certification matters to you, you can check any telehealth company directly on LegitScript's own verification tool.
Which service is right for you?
Best for four GLP-1 options including a needle-free one, a lower published price that stays flat during titration, and a decision in hours. One account for everything.
Best for pursuing FDA-approved Zepbound or Mounjaro through insurance. Also good if you are exploring a wide peptide catalog and prefer a deep site per molecule.
For most people whose goal is weight management at a predictable cash price, TelosRX is the more straightforward path. For people with insurance coverage worth pursuing, the tirz.com pathway is a legitimate reason to look there first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Meds.you a GLP-1 provider?
Indirectly. Meds.you is a parent company, not a storefront. Its GLP-1 prescribing brand is tirz.com, which offers tirzepatide. Its other GLP-1 property, glp-1.com, states in its own disclosure that it earns a commission and is not a pharmacy or prescriber. It is an information and comparison site, not a place to enroll.
Does Meds.you offer semaglutide?
Not through its own brands. The Meds.you family includes a tirzepatide brand but no semaglutide brand. TelosRX offers compounded semaglutide as low as $99 per month.
How much does TelosRX cost compared to tirz.com?
TelosRX publishes semaglutide as low as $99 per month, microdosed tirzepatide as low as $116, standard injectable tirzepatide as low as $139 and an oral GLP-1 as low as $269. tirz.com publishes $249 per month on its monthly plan, $233 on its 3-month plan and $216 on its 6-month plan, quoted at the 2.5 mg starting dose. Free 2-day shipping is included on both.
Are these GLP-1 medications FDA-approved?
The compounded GLP-1 medications offered by TelosRX are not FDA-approved. They are prepared by licensed US pharmacies under federal compounding regulations. tirz.com can route eligible patients to FDA-approved brand tirzepatide, sold as Zepbound and Mounjaro, or to patient-specific compounded tirzepatide, which is also not FDA-approved.
Does TelosRX take insurance?
TelosRX is a cash-pay service with prices published upfront, and plans are FSA and HSA eligible. tirz.com will assist with insurance prior authorization for brand-name tirzepatide, which is a genuine difference if you have coverage that includes weight-management medication.
How fast is provider review at TelosRX?
Intake review is asynchronous and usually happens within a few hours. If you are approved, medication ships with free 2-day delivery included in the plan price. tirz.com publishes a physician evaluation window of 1 to 3 business days. Timing can vary by individual case, and approval is never guaranteed.
TelosRX is LegitScript-certified. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved and are prepared by licensed US pharmacies under federal compounding regulations. Any prescription is subject to evaluation by a licensed provider, and approval is not guaranteed. Individual results vary. TelosRX operates as an online-first, asynchronous telehealth service. Competitor details were taken from publicly available pages as of publication and may change.
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