Tuyo Health review
Two columns, compounded against brand-name, with the membership fee attached to only one of them.
The verdict
Tuyo Health starts compounded semaglutide at $155 a month and tirzepatide at $279, with no membership charge. Brand Wegovy starts at $499 and Zepbound at $399, each with a $99 membership added.
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- Category
- GLP-1 telehealth
- Molecule
- Semaglutide · Tirzepatide
- Form
- Injection
- Dose pricing
- Rises with dose
- From
- From $155/mo
- Dose published
- No
- Prescription
- Required
- Compounded
- Yes — not FDA-approved
- Pharmacy
- Not named
- Labs
- Included
Tuyo Health is a telehealth clinic whose weight-loss page sets compounded and brand-name GLP-1 care side by side. Sexual health, primary care, testosterone, birth control, peptides and hair loss share the platform. The comparison table is the page's main structure, and it runs the same rows down both columns.
Who writes the prescription, and what do they see?
A board-certified provider reviews the intake and prescribes. The co-founder and chief executive is named as a physician, which is more than most of this shelf offers. Beyond him, no individual clinician is named. Eligibility is published rather than implied: a BMI of 30, or 27 with a related condition, or a transfer with a valid prescription.
The compounded plan includes the consultation, clinical support, free same-week shipping and lab work every three months. The brand plan halves that lab frequency to every six months and adds the membership. Habit tracking tools for shots and weight come with either. Prior-authorization help is offered on the insurance route.
What happens when the dose goes up?
Tuyo publishes a titration step in its own three-step flow, describing a gradual increase in medication toward the goal. The pricing header beside the two starting figures says cash-pay pricing varies by dose and is available upon evaluation. Read together, those two lines mean the rate can move as the dose climbs, and the page does not say by how much.
What the price includes
Semaglutide starts at $155 and tirzepatide at $279 on the compounded side, with no membership fee. Wegovy starts at $499 and Zepbound at $399 on the brand side, plus $99 a month. For buyers whose insurance covers the medication, Tuyo quotes plans from $25 a month. Every figure is a starting one.
What it claims, and what it cites
The compounded formulations are prepared by licensed compounding pharmacies, are not FDA-approved, and Tuyo repeats that disclosure three times on one page. The brand products are the FDA-approved originals. Separating the two columns this clearly is the most useful thing the page does. No pharmacy is named on either side.
Where it holds up, and where it does not
- Strength: Compounded and brand priced on one screen
- Strength: The membership fee is attached to the column it applies to
- Strength: Lab work included, quarterly on the compounded plan
- Strength: Eligibility thresholds published in the FAQ
- Strength: The chief executive is named as a physician
- Limitation: Both GLP-1 figures are starting rates, not flat ones
- Limitation: Pricing is stated to vary by dose without a ladder
- Limitation: Neither column identifies the compounding pharmacy
- Limitation: The $25 insurance figure depends on a plan nobody can check
What the evidence says about this kind of treatment
The assessment above is about Tuyo Health. These are about the drugs it sells, and they are traced to the primary literature.
- Right for
- A buyer weighing a compounded plan against brand Zepbound at the same clinic.
- Wrong for
- A buyer who needs the rate at a higher dose fixed before starting.
How Tuyo Health compares
| Seller | Who it suits | Go |
|---|---|---|
| Women in menopause who want the medical group named and four routes priced up front | See Kina → | |
| Buyers comparing a compounded GLP-1 against peptide programs sold by the same clinic | See Transparent Meds → | |
| Buyers who want the dose ladder priced in milligrams before they commit | See Mochi Health → |
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- Does the $99 membership apply to the compounded plan?
- No. It sits in the brand-name column beside Wegovy and Zepbound. The compounded column states there are no membership fees.
- Is $155 a flat monthly rate?
- It is a starting rate. The same panel says cash-pay pricing varies by dose and is set after evaluation.
- Is lab work extra?
- No. Lab work every three months is listed inside the compounded cost, and every six months on the brand plan.
- Is Tuyo Health expensive compared with other GLP-1 telehealth sellers?
- Tuyo Health publishes a starting figure of $155/mo. Across the 252 GLP-1 telehealth sellers we review that publish a single monthly figure, those run $49 to $399 with a median of $178, which puts Tuyo Health below the median, toward the cheaper end. The other 19 GLP-1 telehealth sellers we review quote only after an intake or price by dose, so they are not in that comparison. A starting figure is not a bill — labs, consultations and shipping are often charged separately, so confirm what your own quote includes.