- tracked the real cost
- read the fine print
Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center review
I liked this one until I got to the pricing page. A clinic you can actually drive to in Oakland, Maine. A named doctor. Free consultations every Wednesday afternoon, no contracts. And then: "Add Retatrutide to your current Semaglutide or Tirzepatide regimen for just $100/month." Retatrutide is not approved by the FDA for anything at all. It is still in trials. And they are selling it as something you add on top of what you are already taking.
- HSA / FSA-eligible
- Read every disclosure
- No insurance needed
Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center at a glance
- Semaglutide
- $250/mo
- Tirzepatide
- $325/mo
- Coverage
- A Central Maine clinic; no wider coverage published
- Brand-name
- Compounded only
How I scored Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center
Every factor here comes from Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center's own pricing, its disclosures and the signup I walked, and the six add up to the 41/100 Mom-Tested Score on the same weighted six-factor method I use on every provider — never nudged by whether a provider pays us.
Scores low: pinning down the real ongoing number takes work.
Scores low: whether it reaches you is the open question.
Scores low on choice — the medication menu is narrower here.
Exit terms are the weak point: lock-in, notice periods, or a cancellation you have to chase.
Scores low here: getting started asks more of your week than most.
Support is the weakest part of this provider's score.
How I verified this review
- Last verified
- August 2026
- Confidence
- medium
- Primary source
- drgilliswellnesscenter.com
I read this one on 18 August 2026. It is a real clinic at 8 Water Street in Oakland, Maine, serving Central Maine, with a named doctor, free Wednesday consultations and no contracts. Compounded semaglutide is $250 a month as an injection, tirzepatide $325, and an oral option starts at $149; a separate promo banner advertises a $150 starting dose. Those look like they contradict each other and they do not — three products and a promotion, which I want to say because I nearly filed it wrong. What I do want to warn about is on the same page. They sell retatrutide, and they sell it as an add-on: "Add Retatrutide to your current Semaglutide or Tirzepatide regimen for just $100/month." Retatrutide has no FDA approval for anything and is still in trials, so there is no approved version behind it, no labeled dose, no labeled safety information, and nothing at all published about taking it alongside a GLP-1 you are already on. The site also has no terms, no privacy policy and no telehealth consent — I tried twenty-one addresses. No pharmacy is named, and it came back clean on the FDA's warning-letter list.
Pricing
Prices re-verified
| Medication | Monthly | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Compounded semaglutide | $250 | Injection"Start Your Journey for Just $250/Month" on the clinic's medication pricing page. A "Seize The Deal!" banner separately advertises "$150 Starting Dose of Semaglutide". |
| Compounded tirzepatide | $325 | Injection"Now Available at Our Clinic: Starting at $325/month", offered at its Central Maine location. |
| Oral semaglutide | $149 | Oral GLP therapy"Oral glp therapies: Available Starting at $149", described for patients new to GLP therapy or maintaining a maintenance dose. |
HSA and FSA usually work for this — worth checking your own plan. The prices here are what Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center's public disclosures showed at last review, and they change often; confirm the current number on Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center's own site.
What I like
- A real clinic with an address, a phone number and a doctor you can name
- Free consultations every Wednesday from 1 to 6, and no contract
- It prices the injection, the oral version and tirzepatide separately, so you know what you are looking at
- Afterpay if you qualify
- The oral option starts at $149, well under the injection
The caveats
- ⛔ It sells retatrutide, which the FDA has not approved for anything, as a $100 add-on to a GLP-1 you are already on
- There are no legal pages at all — no terms, no privacy policy, no telehealth consent. I tried twenty-one paths
- It is one clinic in Central Maine, so this is only an option if you can get there
- The pharmacy is never named
- Weight loss sits on a menu with laser body contouring, TRT and their own supplement line
- The $150 "starting dose" is a promo banner, not what you pay each month
What I actually think of Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center
I liked this one until I got to the pricing page. A clinic you can actually drive to in Oakland, Maine. A named doctor. Free consultations every Wednesday afternoon, no contracts. And then: "Add Retatrutide to your current Semaglutide or Tirzepatide regimen for just $100/month." Retatrutide is not approved by the FDA for anything at all. It is still in trials. And they are selling it as something you add on top of what you are already taking. It runs about $250/month — pricier than most, so the extras have to earn it.
I look at Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center the way moms actually have to — not just the real monthly number, but nursing and pregnancy timing and canceling without a fight. That's the stuff a generic weight-loss review skips right over.
What Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center really costs
- Compounded semaglutide — Injection: $250/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — Injection: $325/mo
- Oral semaglutide — Oral GLP therapy: $149/mo
For context, the typical ongoing price across my shortlist is around $179/month, so Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center sits at the pricey end.
Which meds Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center prescribes
Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center prescribes semaglutide and tirzepatide — the two with the strongest published weight-loss numbers, and having both on one account genuinely matters if insulin resistance is in the mix (which it often is with PCOS or after gestational diabetes), because that's when tirzepatide tends to be the better fit. These are compounded from a licensed pharmacy — that's why the price stays down — but compounded GLP-1s aren't FDA-approved finished products the way Wegovy and Zepbound are, and it's worth knowing that going in.
There's a needle-free sublingual option too, which is a relief if injections are the thing stopping you — just set expectations honestly: the under-the-tongue versions are far less studied than the shots the trials actually used.
Who Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center is — and isn't — for
A good fit if…
- you might need to move between semaglutide and tirzepatide as your body and hormones shift.
Look elsewhere if…
- you specifically want an FDA-approved brand pen with its own pregnancy and lactation labeling.
- you'd rather a prescriber actually talk through nursing and pregnancy timing with you — that's what my #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, is built to do.
Can you trust it?
My confidence is middling — the core facts hold up, but some details (per-state availability, how the program really runs) aren't fully public. With any compounded GLP-1, the most useful thing you can do is confirm which licensed pharmacy fills it and what's actually in the formulation — I explain how I weigh oversight in the scoring method.
One line that's true of every provider on this site: no GLP-1 is established as safe in pregnancy or while breastfeeding, and the labels say don't. This is me reviewing a commercial signup, not giving you a green light — the timing call is yours and your clinician's.
So, would I use it?
Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center is a reasonable option — weigh it against the picks below on nursing and pregnancy timing and canceling without a fight. For most moms, CoreAge Rx is still the stronger all-round fit — and you can see them side by side in this head-to-head.
The bottom line for moms
Best for: A mom near Central Maine who wants a clinic she can walk into, and who is going to say no to the retatrutide.
If Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center isn't the one
Providers I have a referral relationship with, ordered by Mom-Tested Score — highest first. A fee never moves a score, but it does decide who shows up in this box, so it isn't everyone: my full ranking has every provider, paid or not.
- Visit CoreAge RxMom-Tested Score94/100ACoreAge RxMy #1 pick
The one I'd point a friend to first: I finished the intake in a single nap, the price on screen was the price I'd actually pay, and both semaglutide and tirzepatide were right there on one account.
- Visit Pallas HealthMom-Tested Score86/100B+
Pallas is one of the few places that will sell you either the cheap compounded route or the real brand-name pen without making you pick a provider first — compounded semaglutide works out to about $199 a month and tirzepatide about $299, while actual Zepbound, Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro sit alongside them at cash-pay prices from $1,069. The price genuinely doesn't climb as you titrate, Pallas says so plainly on its own site, and the clinician, dose adjustments, check-ins and messaging are all inside that one number with no membership fee stacked on top. Two clinicians are named and both check out in the federal NPI registry, the LegitScript badge it displays is a real one, and it publishes an actual refund policy — full refund if a clinician turns you down, and a $5 processing fee if you cancel a qualifying payment — which is more paperwork than most of this market bothers with. The two things to know before you commit: it bills every 12 weeks in $597 and $897 chunks rather than monthly, and it never names its compounding pharmacy.
- Visit Trimi HealthMom-Tested Score85/100B
The price-first pick: some of the lowest flat, all-inclusive pricing I found, in all 50 states — great if the monthly number is your whole decision and you read the annual-prepay fine print before you sign.
Keep comparing Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center
Head-to-head & alternatives
Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center, answered
- How much does Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center cost?
- As I last checked, Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center's pricing starts around $250/month ($250/mo semaglutide, $325/mo tirzepatide). Confirm the current, all-in number on Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center's own site before you commit — these move.
- Is Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center okay to use while I'm breastfeeding?
- No — and that's true of every GLP-1, compounded or brand: none is established as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding, and the labels say don't. Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center is no exception. Plan any GLP-1 for after weaning and talk the timing through with your own clinician. I'm a mom, not a doctor.
- Does Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center have both semaglutide and tirzepatide?
- Yes — Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center offers both. Tirzepatide's dual GIP/GLP-1 action is often the one clinicians reach for when insulin resistance drives weight, which matters if you've got PCOS or a history of gestational diabetes.
- Where does Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center land on your list?
- Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center scores 41/100 on the Mom-Tested Score (ranked #289), which weights the six things that actually matter when you're doing this around kids. My #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, leads the list — worth seeing how they stack up.
Pricing, states and verification reflect Dr. Gillis' Wellness Center's public disclosures at last review; the Mom-Tested Score is one mom's editorial judgment per the published method. This is background reading, not medical advice — GLP-1 medications are not established as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding. See my medical disclaimer and how I'm funded.