Provider review
Edessa review
Same price per dose, with a refund guarantee that is narrower than it sounds.
Reviewed by Lena OrtizMetabolic Health Editor
Price updated October 2026
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$179/mo sema · $239/mo tirz month to month
Visit EdessaEvery plan length is priced, and the guarantee needs five months with no weight lost.
Price as published
Edessa
$179/mo sema · $239/mo tirz month to month
- Vs median
- $4/mo above the $175 median
- Market
- $59–$1,300/mo across 299 of 548
- Structure
- Same price at every dose
- Dispensed
- Compounded by RedRock Pharmacy and Precision Compounding Pharmacy named
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In one paragraph
The verdict
Edessa sells compounded semaglutide, as a weekly injection or a daily dissolving tablet, and compounded tirzepatide injections, each with a month-to-month price and cheaper three- and six-month prices that include the consultation, medication and shipping. Its terms name the two pharmacies that fill prescriptions. Its disclaimers refer to a same-price-per-dose policy, which means a small dose costs what a full one does. The homepage leads with its six-month rate, so the first number you see is not the monthly one. The refund guarantee is the part to read closely. The homepage says no questions asked; the terms say you qualify only if you can show no weight loss after following the program for at least five months, and even then 25% is kept for doctor consult fees. Its terms promise all 50 states and Washington, D.C., then add that some services may not be available everywhere. There is no low-dose product.
Microdosing is off-label and unproven — decide with a clinician. Prices are as published by the provider when we last checked; confirm current terms before you buy.
Who it suits, and who it does not
A good fit if
- You want a needle-free semaglutide tablet
- You expect your dose to rise and want the price to stay the same
- You want to know which pharmacies fill the prescription
Look elsewhere if
- You want a low dose to cost less
- You are relying on the refund guarantee as described on the homepage
- You want the homepage price to be the month-to-month price
What it actually costs
Price as published
$179/mo sema · $239/mo tirz month to month
- Vs median
- $4/mo above the $175 median across the 299 of 548 programs here that publish a plain monthly rate
- Market
- $59–$1,300/mo is the full published spread on this site
- Structure
- Same price at every dose
One stated price across doses. A lower dose does not automatically reduce the bill. Compare the complete medication, membership, laboratory and shipping quotes before assuming another plan costs less.
113 of the 548 programs here price a small dose this way. Its disclaimers refer to a same-price-per-dose policy, so each product costs the same whatever the dose, with month, three-month and six-month figures. A smaller dose buys no saving.
Microdosing is off-label and unproven — decide with a clinician. Prices are as published by the provider when we last checked; confirm current terms before you buy.
What is included
- Consult
- Included in the price
- Dietitian
- Not confirmed
- Labs
- Not required
- Pricing
- Flat at every dose
What it does well
- Every plan length is priced for every product, and the month-to-month rate is shown
- The price includes the consultation, medication and shipping
- A needle-free tablet is offered for semaglutide
- Two dispensing pharmacies are named in its terms
Pharmacy, labs and oversight
Edessa names its pharmacy: RedRock Pharmacy and Precision Compounding Pharmacy named. No bloodwork is required before you start. A clinician review is included in the price.
Transparency check
4 of 4 published openly
What Edessa publishes about itself, read from its own pages when we verified them — not estimated, and not a score.
- Pharmacy named and regulatedNames its pharmacy: RedRock Pharmacy and Precision Compounding Pharmacy named.
- Published
- A price you can read before intakeA monthly rate is published on its own pages — the figure in the price row above, read there and verified against it.
- Published
- What a higher dose costsOne price at every dose, so the bill is knowable before you titrate.
- Published
- No FDA warning letter on fileChecked against the FDA's own warning-letter database; nothing on file for this company.
- None on file
How the program works
Edessa is a patient-management platform for compounded GLP-1s: semaglutide by weekly injection or a daily dissolving tablet, and tirzepatide by injection. A contracted network of U.S.-licensed doctors reviews your online visit, and partner pharmacies ship the medication; its terms name RedRock Pharmacy and Precision Compounding Pharmacy. Prices fall with longer plans, and its disclaimers refer to a same-price-per-dose policy. The terms say service is offered in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with some services not available everywhere. No low-dose product is offered.
The honest cons
Under a same-price-per-dose policy, a small dose costs what a full one does
- The homepage promises a no-questions-asked refund, while the terms require five months on the program with no weight lost and keep 25% for consult fees
- The homepage's $135 entry price is the six-month rate
- No milligram is published, and no low-dose product exists
- Its terms promise all 50 states and then say some services may not be available everywhere
- Compounded GLP-1s are not FDA-approved, and intentional microdosing is off-label and unproven
Microdosing is off-label and unproven — decide with a clinician. Prices are as published by the provider when we last checked; confirm current terms before you buy.
How it compares
Edessa is one of 548 low-dose GLP-1 programs compared on this site, and 299 of them publish a monthly rate you can read before signing up. The full list puts every published price in one place, with the companies that pay us listed first — something we state there, on the page it applies to.
Also consider
Two more programs that price a small dose the way Edessa does. Both are partners: we may earn a commission if you start care through these links.
Partner
WellMedr
$59–$99/mo, but only on a 12-month plan
Same price at every dose
Partner
SnagRx
$99/mo flat at every dose
Same price at every dose
Where this sits
#492 of 548
Ordered with the companies that pay us first, and Edessa is not one of them. A disclosed partition, not a score.
Compare all 548 providers →Read this before you buy
Intentional GLP-1 microdosing is off-label and unproven — no randomized trial has established that a sub-label dose does anything, and any dose belongs with a clinician who knows your history. If you are going to have that conversation, have it with real numbers.
- Sublingual troches and drops
- Low dose vs full dose
- Is compounded GLP-1 safe?
- What a flat price costs at a low dose
- The true annual cost of a plan
Microdosing is off-label and unproven — decide with a clinician. Prices are as published by the provider when we last checked; confirm current terms before you buy.
The closest alternative
MyDrHank
$259/mo sema · $349/mo tirz
- Vs median
- $84/mo above the $175 median
- Market
- $59–$1,300/mo across 299 of 548
- Structure
- Same price at every dose
- Dispensed
- Pharmacy not publicly identified
Advertising disclosure · we may earn a commission if you start care through some of these links, at no extra cost to you.
Read the MyDrHank review →Microdosing is off-label and unproven — decide with a clinician. Prices are as published by the provider when we last checked; confirm current terms before you buy.