Compounded semaglutide
LumiMeds review
Compounded semaglutide at LumiMeds runs $189 a month if you pick the "Monthly" option and let it auto-renew. That's more than the $133 a month shown on the 3-month card, which is really one charge every 12 weeks. The price doesn't rise with your dose, but getting money back after you start is hard.
Is it right for you?
Worth a look if
- You're starting at 0.25 mg and want the same bill at 1 mg and beyond.
- You'd rather renew one month at a time than prepay a quarter.
- You want medication, check-ins and cold shipping folded into a single charge.
Skip it if
- You may change your mind after checkout, since refunds are limited to prescription denials.
- You live in a state where compounded medication can't be shipped.
- An FDA warning letter on the company's record is a dealbreaker.
What's included
Each monthly charge of $189 buys a month of compounded semaglutide in a multi-dose vial, plus syringes. A state-licensed 503A pharmacy prepares it for your prescription. The dose is adjusted by your provider, and LumiMeds says the price remains the same at every dose.
The plan also covers the first telehealth consult, monthly check-ins and messaging with the care team. There's no separate membership charge. LumiMeds accepts HSA and FSA payments.
From sign-up to refills
- Answer the intake questions and choose Semaglutide on the plan screen.
- Select "Monthly" to be billed month to month. The screen also lists 3-, 6- and 12-month options that renew every 12, 24 and 48 weeks.
- A provider reviews your history, often within a day. Depending on your state, that review is written or live.
- Once approved, the prescription goes to the pharmacy and the vial ships to your door.
- Most patients begin at 0.25 mg, step to 0.5 mg, then 1 mg by month three. The provider can go as high as 2.4 mg.
What's good, what isn't
What's good
- One $189 monthly charge covers every semaglutide dose from 0.25 mg to 2.4 mg.
- The LumiMeds plan screen shows all four plans and their renewal terms before you pay.
- Telehealth consult, monthly check-ins and cold-chain shipping come inside the LumiMeds price.
What isn't
- Under the LumiMeds Membership Terms, payments are final at checkout and canceling triggers a fee.
- The $133 a month on the 3-month card is a 12-week prepayment, not a monthly bill.
- Lumimeds received an FDA warning letter in September 2025 over online sales of unapproved drugs.
Read these terms first
- Refunds and canceling
- Full refunds are issued only when a provider denies your prescription. Any other refund has a flat cancellation fee taken out, under the Membership Terms.
- Plan length
- The 3-month plan is highlighted as where most first-time patients start. It is billed as one payment that renews every 12 weeks, so pick "Monthly" if that's what you want.
- FDA warning letter
- In September 2025 the FDA sent Lumimeds a warning letter concerning the online sale of unapproved and misbranded drugs.
- FDA warning letter
- FDA sent LumiMeds a warning letter in September 2025. Read what it covers.
Price
LumiMeds costs $189 a month for compounded semaglutide. It advertises $133.
How we got $189
The arithmeticOne month = 30.4375 days
LumiMeds advertises
Read on LumiMeds's own site
$133.00
The card is charged $189.00, not $133.00
The advertised figure is not the amount that leaves the account.
+ $56.00
And it is charged once a calendar month
+ $0.00
A real month$189.00
A real month costs $56.00 more than the figure advertised.
Where it sits, and what costs less
$54median $199$325+
163 cheaper · 43%211 dearer · 56%
The most expensive 10 sellers charge between $325 and $540 a month.
- Fidelity Medical Clinicstarting dose$54
- Collective$76
- NextMeds$79
- Lean Meds$79
- RxPepsDirectstarting dose$80
- LumiMeds$189
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What else this seller sells
The same seller appears in our data for one other medication.
- tirzepatide — $249 a month
Each figure is a real month for that medication, and none of it is part of the compounded semaglutide price above. How the two molecules compare at every seller that sells both: compounded semaglutide vs compounded tirzepatide.
FDA has written to this seller
In , FDA sent warning letter 716510 to Lumimeds. The letter’s subject:
Unlawful Sale of Unapproved and Misbranded Drugs to United States Consumers Over the Internet (Telehealth)
Read the letter on fda.gov · The letter names lumimeds.com — the same site this page links to.
This seller stays in the index, at its real price. A warning letter is something you should see and weigh for yourself — an index that quietly dropped the worst records would be least useful exactly when it matters most. How we screen for these →
Common questions about LumiMeds
- Is LumiMeds legit?
- It's a telehealth platform operated by Luminate Ventures LLC. Independent licensed clinicians write the prescriptions and state-licensed pharmacies compound them. Compounded semaglutide is not Wegovy or Ozempic and is not FDA-approved, as LumiMeds notes. The FDA sent Lumimeds a warning letter in September 2025 about online sales of unapproved and misbranded drugs.
- How much is LumiMeds semaglutide per month?
- $189 a month on the month-to-month plan, with no dose surcharge. The $133 a month shown on the 3-month card is that plan's 12-week charge spread out. Tirzepatide on the same monthly plan is $249.
- Where does LumiMeds ship?
- To most U.S. states. Compounded medication rules differ by state, so LumiMeds confirms shipping for your address during the telehealth consult.
- Can you cancel LumiMeds semaglutide?
- Canceling is possible, but not free. The Membership Terms call every payment final at checkout and deduct a cancellation fee from any refund. A prescription denial is the only case with a full refund.