UR Meds Review
Semaglutide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 7.1/10
Best for: low-cost, flat-priced GLP-1 plus other telehealth pillars in one place
Price is where UR Meds scores best in our breakdown.
Semaglutide
What the monthly price covers
Medication
Included
Provider visits
Included
Shipping
Not disclosed
Lab work
Not disclosed
Coaching
Not disclosed
No insurance needed · Vetted by our editors
UR Meds is a multi-pillar telehealth service (weight loss, men's and women's health, hair, peptides, longevity) offering provider-reviewed GLP-1 weight-loss care from $179/mo with the same price at every dose and no membership. It runs on the OpenLoop Health platform with US-licensed providers, 100% online and no insurance required. Medications are compounded by a licensed pharmacy when appropriate; the specific molecule, pharmacy partner, and state-availability list are not named on the marketing site.
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UR Meds at a glance
- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Starting price
- $179/mo (starting dose)
- Pricing model
- Flat: dose increases don't raise the monthly price
- What's included
- Medication · Consult
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letter on record
How we scored UR Meds
Each dimension is scored algorithmically from UR Meds’s published pricing, drugs offered, verification status, and disclosed inclusions, using the same six-dimension framework we apply to every provider.
Value25%
7.7/10At $179/mo (starting dose), UR Meds runs in line with the $185 median for GLP-1 providers (each program's lowest listed ongoing monthly price for compounded semaglutide). Pricing is flat across doses, so there is no escalation markup as you titrate up.
Effectiveness25%
7.4/10UR Meds offers semaglutide, the GLP-1 with the deepest published weight-loss evidence base.
User Experience15%
7.2/10Online intake and platform experience (consult included in the price); 8 platform features disclosed.
Trust & Safety15%
7.1/10Core details confirmed by our editors; no FDA warning letters on file.
Accessibility10%
5.9/10UR Meds's exact state footprint isn't published. Confirm coverage in your state before signing up.
Support10%
5.7/10UR Meds provides standard clinician follow-up; no extended coaching or community program is disclosed.
Each checked against the provider’s own site.
Providers that don’t post pricing up front score lower on Value and carry a cost-transparency note in their review. Read the full methodology →
How we verified this UR Meds review
Last checked August 2026- Confirmed current pricing across 1 dose/plan tier
- Confirmed what the monthly price does and doesn't include
- Checked the FDA warning-letter database for enforcement actions
- Walked the public intake/checkout flow on the provider's site
Pricing, availability, and compliance facts come from the provider's own site and primary regulatory records. See the sources below. Editorial confidence in this data: medium.
What we checked
- Provider's own pricing page
- $179/mo across 1 dose/plan tier (checked August 2026)
- FDA warning-letter register
- No letter on file for this provider
What to expect when you sign up with UR Meds
We walked UR Meds’s public signup flow in July 2026 to document the process (the steps, pricing transparency, and what’s required) before you commit. (We don’t create accounts, enter medical information, or check out; this is the observable funnel, not a prescribing outcome.)
- 1Take a free ~5-minute online assessment about goals and health history.
- 2A US-licensed provider reviews responses to determine eligibility.
- 3If eligible, receive a personalized GLP-1 plan.
- 4Approved medication ships discreetly to your door with ongoing support.
- Homepage advertises 'GLP-1 Programs Starting at $179' before any questionnaire.
- Only the single $179 entry price is shown; no per-medication or dosing tiers listed on the homepage.
- Marketed as 100% online with licensed US providers and shipped-to-door delivery.
- Disclaimer notes clinical services may come from independent licensed providers and affiliated partners.
UR Meds customer support
- support@urmeds.com
GLP-1 medications UR Meds offers
Tap any medication to read our plain-English guide: how it works, dosing, side effects, and what the trials found.
Pricing
Prices re-verified
Includes a 100% online medical visit, the prescription, and telemed visits. No insurance required, no hidden fees, and free shipping if prescribed. You're only charged if prescribed.
Ready to get started?
Plans and promotions change often, so check UR Meds's current pricing and active discounts before you decide.
What we like
- GLP-1 weight-loss care from $179/mo with the same price at every dose
- No monthly membership; cancel anytime; no insurance required
- Multi-pillar: also peptides, men's/women's health, hair, and longevity
- Runs on the OpenLoop Health telehealth platform with US-licensed providers
- 10,000+ patients served
Watch-outs
- Specific GLP-1 molecule (semaglutide vs tirzepatide) not named on the marketing site
- Compounding pharmacy partner not named
- States of operation not published
- LegitScript 'Certified' shown via a self-hosted badge linking to the generic LegitScript site (not independently verifiable)
Is UR Meds worth it?
UR Meds built its program around one core idea: low-cost, flat-priced GLP-1 plus other telehealth pillars in one place. It runs $179/month (starting dose) at every dose; there's no clean category median to weigh that against, but it's a published number rather than one you find out only after signing up. Its flat, all-dose pricing helps anyone worried about cost climbing as they titrate up.
Beyond the medication itself, UR Meds charges the same price at every dose and runs entirely online.
How much UR Meds costs
Semaglutide runs $179/month (starting dose), which is the figure its own site lists for it.
Because UR Meds's headline figure is a starting dose, we don't set it against the roughly $185 market median for this category. That median is each program's lowest listed ongoing monthly price for compounded semaglutide, so compare UR Meds with the month-to-month prices of the alternatives below instead.
MadeMed (about $179/month) is one of the closest alternatives to weigh UR Meds against.
Medications: what UR Meds prescribes
UR Meds prescribes semaglutide (the active drug in Wegovy and Ozempic), among the best-evidenced GLP-1 options available. These are dispensed as compounded formulations from a licensed pharmacy, which is how the price stays below brand-name pens. Compounded drugs aren't FDA-approved as finished products, which is the standard trade-off across the compounded-GLP-1 market.
Who UR Meds is best for, and who should skip it
A good fit if you…
- want a straightforward telehealth GLP-1 program and are comfortable comparing it against the alternatives below.
Look elsewhere if you…
- specifically want an FDA-approved brand-name pen instead of a compounded formulation, which this provider doesn't fill.
- need to bill insurance, since like most of this market it's cash-pay with no claims filed on your behalf.
Trust, safety, and medical oversight
We found no FDA warning letter on file for it, though a clean record isn't the same as an endorsement, so read the rest of this review for the full picture. As with any compounded program, the most important step you can take is confirming which licensed pharmacy fills your prescription and what's in the formulation, and we explain how in our scoring methodology.
Bottom line
UR Meds is a reasonable telehealth GLP-1 option; weigh its pricing and coverage against the alternatives below before deciding.
The Bottom Line
Price is where UR Meds scores best in our breakdown.
Ready to start with UR Meds?
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Frequently Asked Questions
Key terms, explained
New to GLP-1s? Tap any term for a quick, plain-English definition.
- Semaglutide · Drugs and brands
- Tirzepatide · Drugs and brands
- Compounded GLP-1 · Pharmacy and drug forms
- 503A pharmacy · Pharmacy and drug forms
- PCAB accreditation · Pharmacy and drug forms
- Prior authorization (PA) · Insurance and regulatory
- Off-label use · Insurance and regulatory
- FDA Drug Shortage List · Insurance and regulatory
Sources
The primary regulatory filings and peer-reviewed studies cited throughout this UR Meds review:
Sources & methodology (as of November 2026)
- 1.Weight Loss Rankings — GLP-1 Pricing Index 2026 (our independent dataset)— WeightLossRankings.org.
- 2.FDA — Compounding and the 503A Pharmacy Framework— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 3.FDA — Drug Shortages Database (current shortage listings)— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 4.PCAB — Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board Standards— Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) / PCAB.
- 5.KFF — Medicaid coverage research (anti-obesity & GLP-1 drug policy)— Kaiser Family Foundation.
- 6.STEP 1 Trial — Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity (Wilding JPH et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 33567185.
- 7.FDA — Wegovy (semaglutide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 8.FDA — Ozempic (semaglutide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
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