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Rx.com review: $146 a month "for life" is a six-month prepay, and one month is $175
A banner follows you around Rx.com promising $146 a month for life. The asterisk says "on a 6-month plan", and it means it — that's $875 up front. Pay month to month instead and it's $175. A 20% gap, which is mild for this industry, and nothing steps up later. What's unusual is the paperwork: Rx.com tells you which pharmacy fills your prescription, gives you its address, promises not to renew your plan on its own, and offers to send the prescription somewhere else if you'd rather.
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The money verdict
Worth it whether or not you commit, which is rare. $175 buys a month of compounded semaglutide with the visit, the supplies and the shipping inside it. Commit to six months and it drops to $146. Neither number is a trap. The reason we'd point you here over a cheaper rival is what Rx.com is willing to put in writing: the pharmacy that fills your prescription, the street it's on, a promise not to re-bill you, and permission to take the prescription elsewhere.
Worth it if
- You want to know which pharmacy is filling your prescription before you pay
- You'd rather pay monthly than be pushed into a six-month block
- You've been caught by a subscription that renewed itself
- You'd rather use the pharmacy you already use
Look elsewhere if
- You read "for life" and expected $146 every month — that price needs $875 today
- You want tirzepatide and were budgeting off the banner
- You need an FDA-approved drug rather than a compounded one
$175/mo
Rx.com says it has licensed providers in all 50 states, printed at the top of every page and checked on September 13, 2026
Monthly (12×/yr)
That's a claim about where its doctors can practice, not a promise to ship compounded medication to your address, and no state list appears anywhere on the site. Treat it as the widest coverage Rx.com will claim rather than a guarantee for where you live.
At a glance
$146/mo
Advertised
$175/mo
Walk-away
$2,100
Year at this price
The same Compounded semaglutide price, three ways
The short bar is the number Rx.com leads with. It lasts one cycle.
Advertised
first cycle only
$146
Walk-away
every cycle after
$175
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Best for: You want to know which pharmacy is filling your prescription before you pay Skip it if: You read "for life" and expected $146 every month — that price needs $875 today
What’s included
- Your online visit with the provider
- Injection supplies and cold shipping, with nothing added at checkout
- Dose increases at the same price — 0.25 to 2.4 mg semaglutide, 2.5 to 15 mg tirzepatide
- Nothing charged for medication if the provider says no
- No membership fee and no consultation fee
Pricing, per compound
Everything Rx.com sells, cheapest year first. “Advertised” is the price it leads with; “Walk-away” is what you pay if you stop after one cycle.
| Provider | Advertised | Walk-away | Year at this price |
|---|---|---|---|
Compounded semaglutide — one month, bought on its own The advertised $146 is six months paid at once, $875. Three months sits between at $165. The price holds at every dose. | $146.00/mo | $175.00/mo | $2,100.00 $175.00 × 12 months |
Compounded tirzepatide — one month, bought on its own $259 is the six-month plan, $1,550 up front. | $259.00/mo | $285.00/mo | $3,420.00 $285.00 × 12 months |
The year at this dose — 12 payments, or 13 where a seller bills every four weeks. Several charge more as you move to a higher dose; where they publish that, the row says so.
Every figure above was read on rx.com, one product at a time. Check the current price before you buy.
See Rx.com’s pricesHow this compares
On our compounded tirzepatide board, Rx.com is $285 and the cheapest we have priced is Collective — medication plus the required annual fee at $85.58.
See every compounded tirzepatide price we have checked →On our compounded semaglutide board, Rx.com is $175 and the cheapest we have priced is Collective — medication plus the required annual fee at $75.58.
See every compounded semaglutide price we have checked →
Pros and cons
Pros
- Rx.com tells you who fills your prescription: Manifest Pharmacy in Greer, South Carolina, with the address and phone number.
- It also names the doctors' side — MDIntegrations — instead of describing it vaguely.
- You can take the prescription to your own pharmacy, which almost nobody in this industry offers.
- "No automatic renewals" is printed under both plans, so nothing re-bills you quietly.
- The price doesn't climb as your dose does, and Rx.com names the dose range it holds across.
- Every plan length is on the page in plain English, with the single payment shown beside it.
2 more
- Its LegitScript certification is real and belongs to this site, not borrowed from elsewhere.
- No FDA warning letter — not for Rx.com, and not for the pharmacy it uses.
Cons
- The headline needs $875 up front, and a single month costs $175 instead.
- Nothing explains what "for life" buys — whether the rate survives a break, a switch, or the end of six months.
- The banner quotes a semaglutide price on a page selling two drugs, and tirzepatide starts at $285.
- The discount card is a separate business sharing the brand, so a coupon search can land you in a weight-loss signup.
- Rx.com names its pharmacy but never says whether it's the kind that makes drugs to order.
- No individual doctor is named anywhere — MDIntegrations is a network, not a person.
Where else Rx.com appears
Boards this company appears on
- The cheapest GLP-1 providers to actually stay on for a year
- The price transparency index: every company we have priced, scored on its own headline
- Every semaglutide seller we have priced, ranked by what a year really costs
- Every tirzepatide seller we have priced, ranked by what a year really costs
- Cheapest compounded Tirzepatide, every price we have checked
- Cheapest compounded Semaglutide, every price we have checked
Compare the cost of compounded semaglutide · Compare the cost of compounded tirzepatide
How we verified this
What we checked
- Every price read off rx.com — 2 products, checked one at a time
- The billing cycle taken from the company's own terms, not assumed from the price
- States, inclusions and cancellation terms read on the company's own pages
- Screened against the FDA's live warning-letter index
What to double-check before you buy
- Compounded tirzepatide: The banner's price is semaglutide only and doesn't apply here.
- Prices may change. Confirm before you buy.
Key terms
Show definitions
- Walk-away price
- What one cycle costs at the ongoing rate with no commitment — what you actually pay if you stop after month one.
- Year at this price
- The walk-away price multiplied by however many times a year it's actually billed. It's the year at this dose only — several sellers charge more as you move up, and most don't publish the ladder.
- Compounded
- Made to order by a pharmacy from raw ingredients, rather than dispensed as an FDA-approved, mass-manufactured product.
Bottom line
Budget $175 a month, or $875 once. "For life" is doing no work in that banner — it describes a discount you buy outright, not a rate you're granted. Read the terms before you order, not after: the pharmacy, its address and your right to use your own are all in there, and none of them are on the page selling you the plan.
Visit Rx.comFrequently asked questions
Is $146 a month real?
It's real and it's a six-month plan — $875 charged in one go, which the asterisk under the banner does say. Month to month, semaglutide is $175 and tirzepatide is $285. Three months lands in between at $165.
What does "for life" actually promise?
Nothing the site is willing to spell out. The phrase sits in a banner with an auto-applied coupon and an asterisk pointing at the six-month plan, and nothing on the weight-loss pages, the terms or the refund policy says what happens when those six months end. Ask before you buy, and get the answer in writing.
Which pharmacy fills an Rx.com prescription?
Manifest Pharmacy, at 1018 S. Batesville Road, Greer, South Carolina, on 888-770-4009 weekdays — quoted from Rx.com's own terms. Naming a pharmacy at all puts it ahead of most of this industry, though nothing says whether Manifest makes the drug to order or simply dispenses it.
Can I use my own pharmacy?
Rx.com says yes, and it's worth quoting: you "have the ability to direct your prescription to any pharmacy of your choosing", by emailing support before you order. One catch — the plan price includes the drug, so moving the prescription changes what you're paying for. Ask what the fee becomes first.
Will it renew on me?
Rx.com says it won't. "No automatic renewals" appears under both plans. That's the opposite of how most of this industry works, where the usual sting is a plan that quietly re-bills at the end of a term.
Does the price go up as my dose goes up?
No. The plans say "same price at every dose" and name the range that covers — 0.25 to 2.4 mg for semaglutide, 2.5 to 15 mg for tirzepatide. Naming the range matters, because a flat-price promise with no ladder attached is the one that stops being true once you reach a maintenance dose.
Sources
Every price above was checked against Rx.com’s own pricing page — never a third-party aggregator:
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- Rx.com — official site
Where we read every figure on this page
Medical disclaimer: This content is for general educational purposes only and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a licensed healthcare professional before starting, stopping, or changing any treatment.