Head-to-head · Value Score
CoreAge Rx vs Andrew Meds
Two GLP-1 deals, scored on the same six factors. CoreAge Rx lands a Value Score of 81, Andrew Meds a 70. Here's what each one really costs past month one — and where each one bites back.
CoreAge Rx
Grade B · Good Value
Advertised price
From $79/mo
From $79/mo (compounded semaglutide; confirm total at checkout)
Andrew Meds
Grade C · Watch List
Advertised price
$199/mo month-to-month
$199/mo month-to-month (its own sign-up funnels quote $99/mo and $149 for a four-week supply instead)
The verdict
CoreAge Rx takes it on Value Score, 81 to 70 — an est. From $79/mo (compounded semaglutide; confirm total at checkout) first month, though we flag its pricing to watch. Andrew Meds isn't out of it: Shoppers who will start the sign-up before deciding anything, since the price on the product page and the price in the flow behind it are different numbers.
CoreAge Rx is a featured partner of this site. Its advertised prices have checkout conditions, and state eligibility is confirmed during intake.
Deal-by-deal
The numbers that decide it. Green ✓ marks the stronger side on each line.
| Deal | CoreAge Rx | Andrew Meds |
|---|---|---|
| Value Score | 81 (B) | 70 (C) |
| Advertised price | From $79/mo (compounded semaglutide; confirm total at checkout) | $199/mo month-to-month (its own sign-up funnels quote $99/mo and $149 for a four-week supply instead) |
| Save vs brand self-pay | — | — |
| Semaglutide | From $79/mo (compounded injection; confirm total at checkout) | $199/mo month-to-month (its own sign-up funnels quote $99/mo and $149 for a four-week supply instead) |
| Tirzepatide | From $129/mo (compounded injection; confirm total at checkout) | $299/mo month-to-month (no sign-up path reached today offered tirzepatide at all) |
| Both molecules | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Watch | Watch |
| Coverage | U.S., state limits shown at intake | All 50 states and D.C. claimed; the sign-up offers 50 and not D.C. |
Factor by factor
The six factors behind each Value Score. The orange bar marks the stronger side. See the methodology.
CoreAge Rx
CoreAge Rx advertises compounded semaglutide from $79 and tirzepatide from $129 per month, with dose-flat pricing stated in its FAQ. Confirm the total and refund terms before paying.
What's good
- CoreAge Rx publishes separate product prices for both molecules: semaglutide from $79 per month and tirzepatide from $129. That gives you two actual medication offers to compare rather than one generic GLP-1 starting figure.
- CoreAge Rx's FAQ says the price locked in at checkout stays the same in future months regardless of dose increases. I would save that confirmation with the order, because a low starting price matters much more when the prescribed maintenance dose costs the same.
- The product pages state that there are no long-term contracts or membership fees and advertise fast, free delivery. Compare those inclusions with the checkout total; the refund policy separately allows applicable consultation fees and shipping charges if disclosed there.
- CoreAge Rx uses the MD Integrations professional entities for medical care and prescribing. Its FAQ names physicians assigned in California, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont, giving patients in those states a concrete medical contact to verify.
- CoreAge Rx offers account-based reordering and cancellation, and its help center says optional subscriptions can be managed in the member portal. Check whether your selected purchase is a one-time order or an automatically renewed subscription so the next charge is predictable.
- CoreAge Rx also advertises microdosing products at $79 for semaglutide and $129 for tirzepatide. These are separate lower-dose offers, not a reason to select your own dose or evidence that they work like the doses studied for approved products.
The fine print
- CoreAge Rx's FAQ promises an automatic 100% refund if the clinician declines your prescription, but its refund policy says applicable consultation fees of $50–$100 are nonrefundable. Ask which policy applies to the exact order and how much would be returned before you pay.
- CoreAge Rx's refund policy makes a medication order final once the prescription is approved and sent to the pharmacy, which can happen before shipping. Waiting until the parcel is dispatched may be too late to cancel an order or recover the medication charge. The policy also imposes a 30-day nonrefundable cutoff even when incomplete documentation has prevented fulfillment.
- CoreAge Rx does not publish a complete GLP-1 state list. Its FAQ says therapy-specific state restrictions are confirmed during intake, so a U.S. address alone does not establish that your selected medication is available where you live.
- CoreAge Rx does not name the dispensing pharmacy in its FAQ; it asks patients to contact support. Obtain the pharmacy's legal name, license and contact information before choosing a compounded prescription. The platform's branding does not identify who prepares your medication.
- CoreAge Rx's FAQ says there are no automatic rebills, while its refund policy and help center describe optional automatic renewals. I would confirm the selected purchase option and next charge date rather than treat the general FAQ answer as a guarantee for every order.
- CoreAge Rx offers compounded medication, which is not FDA-approved. Its FAQ says tirzepatide is typically formulated with B12 and that requests without it go to the prescriber. Ask why the exact formulation is appropriate for you; an added vitamin does not itself establish a lawful patient-specific difference.
Andrew Meds
Compounded semaglutide at $199 a month on the product page, $99 in the sign-up flow that page links to, and $149 for a four-week supply in a third — three live prices on one site, and a tirzepatide page whose sign-up does not sell tirzepatide.
What's good
- The published ladders carry real totals rather than per-month arithmetic: semaglutide at $549 for three months, $999 for six and $1,788 for twelve, with the per-month equivalents printed beside them, so the commitment can be checked
- Both molecules are priced month-to-month on their product pages at $199 and $299, before any intake and with no account
- The pharmacy class is disclosed on the product pages — a "503(A) compounding pharmacy or 503(B) outsourcing facility" — which is more than most desks state, even though no pharmacy is named
- The prescribing practice is named in the footer of every page, with its own address, phone number and support address, so the clinical side is at least attributable to something
- Two side products are priced on the same open basis, including a topical at $79 a month, and the terms state the cancellation mechanics plainly: cancel in-app or by email, effective at the end of the period, two days before renewal
The fine print
- Three semaglutide prices are live at the same time — $199 a month, $99 a month and $149 for four weeks — and nothing on the site says which one a buyer is charged. On a purchase repeated every month that is the whole decision
- Every start button on the compounded-semaglutide page opens a flow headed "Microdosing Program" selling a smaller dose at $99. The word microdose appears nowhere on the page that links to it, so a shopper can arrive expecting the $199 product and be offered a different one
- The tirzepatide sign-up offers exactly one treatment, and it is semaglutide. Whether tirzepatide can be bought through the current flows at all could not be established
- That flow's own ladder is arithmetically broken: one month $149, three months $145, six months $792, with savings that only reconcile if two of the three are totals. A price table that does not add up is not a price table
- The sign-up promises a "100% Success Guarantee" and a refund if you do not lose weight, while the terms say there are no refunds for partially used subscription periods. The guarantee has no matching clause anywhere in the published policies
- The flow runs a live countdown ("Only 40 discounts left. Yours reserved for 9:59 min", observed dropping), quotes efficacy figures with no source, and carries a review badge whose profile does not exist — checked the same day against a known-good profile that did
- The footer claims all 50 states and D.C. and names D.C. among the places a live visit is required, but the sign-up's own state list offers 50 options and D.C. is not one of them
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Neither one the right fit? Every program that outscores CoreAge Rx is ranked on the CoreAge Rx alternatives ranking, and the same list for the other side is on alternatives to Andrew Meds.
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Prices, states and verification reflect each program's public disclosures at last check; the Value Score is our editorial judgment per the methodology. "% vs brand-name self-pay" compares a program's lowest disclosed monthly price against $349/mo, Wegovy's self-pay price at NovoCare Pharmacy, every standard dose after the two-month intro offer (checked October 2026). Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.