Microdose semaglutide providers, graded

"Microdose" is a seller's word, not a label's

When a provider sells a semaglutide microdose, it means a plan built on smaller amounts than a standard weight-loss plan. How a provider pitches the plan varies, so read its own description on the check page.

The word has no fixed meaning. One provider's microdose isn't the same amount as another's, and some don't print the amount on their pages at all. Two cards with the same name can describe different plans.

This list holds the 7 providers with a published check that sell a plan under that name. 1 pass all 4 checks for an A and 4 pass 3 for a B.

No FDA label establishes a marketed wellness microdose program

Ozempic and Wegovy, the FDA-approved semaglutide injections, each come with a label that sets out how the prescriber steps the dose up over time. Their approved starting and maintenance doses are not approval of a provider’s separately marketed wellness or longevity program.

Every microdose plan identified on this list is compounded: a pharmacy prepares the smaller amount to order. Compounded drugs get no FDA review of safety, effectiveness or quality before they ship.

On evidence, the reviewed evidence does not establish longevity or general-wellness benefits from a marketed microdose program. The trials behind the labels tested the labeled dose schedules. A lower plan may still be what your prescriber chooses, but it is an individualized decision without an established wellness benefit.

Why the pharmacy check carries more weight on a microdose

Licensed US pharmacy. Different concentrations and measurement instructions can create medication errors. FDA has said some adverse events tied to compounded semaglutide may have involved dosing errors. 4 of the 7 providers here don't name a dispensing pharmacy that shows an active license, and that Flag accounts for 4 of the 6 B grades.

Prescriber reviews you first. All 7 say a clinician reviews your intake before prescribing. A plan sold for wellness is still a prescription, and the intake is where you list your other medicines.

Price shown before signup. bmiMD, ElleS, Fridays and Lttl miss it. Passing means a month-to-month rate is public before you hand over contact details.

No research-only products. None of the 7 sells an experimental product needing separate regulatory clarification. A Flag here would name the product that caused it.

How we check explains what each check accepts.

The semaglutide microdose plans on this list, by grade

With an A: Luvo Health at $194.45. With a B: Brightmeds (no standing price up front), Fridays (no standing price up front) and Goldspan Health at $161.86. With a B: Lttl (no standing price up front). With a C: bmiMD (no standing price up front) and ElleS (no standing price up front). Each figure is that provider's standing monthly price for its microdose plan.

With so few providers, read every check page you're weighing. On a short list, one Flag is often the whole difference between two cards, and the chip row shows which check it was.

The order is grade first, then name. It never tracks price, so use the figures above to compare cost.

Watch-outs specific to a small-amount plan

A vial sold for research. Storefronts that sell semaglutide "for research use" ship it with no prescriber and no dispensing pharmacy. A small amount doesn't change that, and none of those stores is on this list.

No amount in writing. If the provider won't say how much semaglutide the plan holds, you can't compare it with anything, and neither can your prescriber at a later visit.

A wellness promise. An aging or energy claim needs evidence for the actual formulation and regimen. Ask what result the provider expects and how you would notice it.

A smaller plan isn't always a smaller bill

Standing monthly prices for a microdose plan run from $161.86 at Goldspan Health to $194.45 at Luvo Health, with a median of $178.16. Over 12 months that is $1,942.32 to $2,333.40.

A microdose plan is priced as a plan, not by the amount in it. Ask how the price compares with the same provider's standard semaglutide plan, and whether it changes if the prescriber adjusts the amount.

Ask, too, what happens if you and the prescriber later move to the standard plan. Some providers price the two plans differently, so you may be starting a new monthly figure.

Goldspan Health and Luvo Health bill every 28 days or 4 weeks, so charges recur every 28 days; the card shows the calendar-month figure by our math.

bmiMD, Brightmeds, ElleS, Fridays and 1 more list a microdose plan with no standing price on its public pages.

Plans here come as injection, dissolving tablet, tablet and sublingual. A provider's figure is its lowest-priced form, which may not be the one you want, so read the card's form line first.