- walked the public signup
- tracked the real cost
- read the fine print
Livea review
Livea is one of the few here that existed before GLP-1s were a thing — it runs as Livea Medical, PLLC under Minnesota Weight Control, Inc., a weight-loss company rather than a telehealth startup. Compounded semaglutide starts at $99 a month, tirzepatide at $199 "when available" — and that last bit is their wording, not mine. Most sites don't tell you supply is conditional.
- HSA / FSA-eligible
- Walked the public signup
- No insurance needed
Livea at a glance
- Semaglutide
- From $99/mo
- Tirzepatide
- From $199/mo, when available
- Coverage
- Not published; a Minnesota company offering virtual care
- Brand-name
- Compounded only
How I scored Livea
Every factor here comes from Livea's own pricing, its disclosures and the signup I walked, and the six add up to the 57/100 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.
Covers what most moms need, if not every option.
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
- livea.com/glp-1
Read from Livea's own pages in August 2026. It operates as Livea Medical, PLLC under Minnesota Weight Control, Inc. — an established weight-management company rather than a new telehealth brand. Compounded semaglutide starts at $99 a month and compounded tirzepatide at $199 "when available", a supply qualification the site states itself and most sellers omit. Both figures appear inside a collapsed FAQ entry rather than on a pricing page, alongside the site's own comparison to "$1,000+ per month for brand-name Ozempic or Wegovy". The compounding pharmacies are described as accredited but are not named, and no list of states is published.
What to expect when you sign up
I walked Livea's public signup funnel (August 2026) — a first-hand look at the flow. I don't create accounts, enter medical info, or check out, so this is what any visitor sees, not a patient outcome.
- 1The signup call to action stays on livea.com (https://livea.com/get-started/)
- 2The intake responded HTTP 200 when checked on 2026-08-21
- 3Walked to the intake entry only. No personal information was submitted, so nothing past the entry screen is asserted here
What I noticed
- No monthly price is visible on the public homepage; the number appears only after you begin the intake
Pricing
Prices re-verified
| Medication | Monthly | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Compounded semaglutide | $99 | Starting price"Livea offers compounded semaglutide starting at $99/month — compared to $1,000+ per month for brand-name Ozempic or Wegovy." |
| Compounded tirzepatide | $199 | Starting price, subject to availability"Compounded tirzepatide starts at $199/month when available." The availability caveat is the site's own. |
HSA and FSA usually work for this — worth checking your own plan. The prices here are what Livea's public disclosures showed at last review, and they change often; confirm the current number on Livea's own site.
What I like
- Operates as a named medical entity under an established weight-control company rather than a bare LLC
- $99 a month for compounded semaglutide is well below this roster's median
- Says "when available" about tirzepatide instead of implying continuous supply
- Puts its own price beside the brand-name cost rather than leaving the comparison implicit
- Offers a free consultation before any commitment
The caveats
- Both prices are "starting at", so dose may move them
- Tirzepatide availability is explicitly conditional, so the $199 may not be obtainable when you need it
- No list of states served
- The compounding pharmacies are described only as "accredited" and are not named
- Pricing appears only inside a collapsed FAQ entry rather than on a pricing page
- No published street address for the medical entity
What I actually think of Livea
Livea is one of the few here that existed before GLP-1s were a thing — it runs as Livea Medical, PLLC under Minnesota Weight Control, Inc., a weight-loss company rather than a telehealth startup. Compounded semaglutide starts at $99 a month, tirzepatide at $199 "when available" — and that last bit is their wording, not mine. Most sites don't tell you supply is conditional. It runs about $99/month — toward the cheaper end of what I walked.
I look at Livea 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 Livea really costs
- Compounded semaglutide — Starting price: $99/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — Starting price, subject to availability: $199/mo
That's under the roughly $179 median I found across the providers I walked — real money back in the grocery budget.
Which meds Livea prescribes
Livea 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.
Who Livea is — and isn't — for
A good fit if…
- money is the actual barrier and you want a low, predictable number you can plan around.
- 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?
Livea is a genuine budget play — 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 family that wants a company with a track record behind the prescription rather than a new domain.
If Livea 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 Livea
Head-to-head & alternatives
Livea, answered
- How much does Livea cost?
- As I last checked, Livea's pricing starts around $99/month (From $99/mo semaglutide, From $199/mo, when available tirzepatide). Confirm the current, all-in number on Livea's own site before you commit — these move.
- Is Livea 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. Livea 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 Livea have both semaglutide and tirzepatide?
- Yes — Livea 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 Livea land on your list?
- Livea scores 57/100 on the Mom-Tested Score (ranked #177), 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 Livea'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.