Metabolic-Fit / 100
Care Clinics review
The cheapest sticker price in this comparison — $100/mo semaglutide, $133/mo tirzepatide on the 3-month plans — but with no named pharmacy, no named clinician, no disclosed state list, and nothing written for a postpartum or PCOS timeline.
- HSA / FSA-eligible
- Editor-vetted
- No insurance needed
Elena Voss is a mother writing for mothers, not a treating clinician, and holds no medical license. Every clinical figure in this piece is cited inline to its primary source — the trial or the FDA label — so you can open it and check us. This is background reading, not medical advice.
Care Clinics at a glance
- Semaglutide
- $100/mo ($299 per 3-month program)
- Tirzepatide
- $133/mo ($399 per 3-month program)
- Coverage
- Not disclosed — no state list found on the homepage checked
- Brand-name
- Compounded only
How we scored Care Clinics
Every factor comes from Care Clinics's own published pricing, disclosures and oversight, and the six combine into the 35/100 Metabolic-Fit Score by the same weighted six-factor framework we apply to every provider — never nudged by whether a provider pays us.
No postpartum or breastfeeding framing — a generic weight program.
Thin on the hormonal picture that drives many mothers' weight.
Oversight and lab support fall short of the top of this roster — the review below says exactly where.
Among the most honest, predictable prices we track.
Support is thin once the prescription ships.
Exit terms are the weak point: lock-in, notice periods, or a cancellation you have to chase.
How we verified this review
- Last verified
- August 2026
- Confidence
- medium
- Primary source
- careclinics.us
$299 for a three-month semaglutide program and $399 for tirzepatide, which works out near $100 and $133 a month — so the unit being sold is the program rather than the month. No pharmacy is named, no individual clinician is named, and no state list was found; the certification claims on the page are unverified third-party assertions.
What to expect when you sign up
We walked Care Clinics's public signup funnel (August 2026) — a first-hand look at the flow. We don't create accounts, enter medical data, or complete checkout, so this is what any visitor sees, not a patient outcome.
- 1Every program is priced by name and duration on the homepage itself — no signup wall to see a number
- 2Consultations run over what the site calls a 'secure HIPAA compliant audio video platform' — a live video visit, not a pure async questionnaire
- 3A 'panel of healthcare providers' reviews you; no individual clinician is named anywhere on the pages checked
- 4Medication ships from an unnamed pharmacy via courier, 3-5 business days
What we noticed
- Genuinely cheap on paper — $100/mo semaglutide and $133/mo tirzepatide on the 3-month plans are among the lowest sticker prices checked for this site
- No pharmacy is named, no physician is named, and no state-availability list appears anywhere on the homepage or FAQ
- Klarna payment plans soften the up-front 3-month lump sum
- Nothing on the site addresses pregnancy, breastfeeding, postpartum timing, or PCOS specifically
Pricing
Prices re-verified
| Medication | Monthly | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Compounded semaglutide | $100 | 3-month program (medication included)$299 flat for 3 months, includes medication. Live-confirmed on careclinics.us: 'GLP-1 3month Includes medication 299 $.' |
| Compounded semaglutide | $148 | 7-week program$259 flat for 7 weeks. An Extended Plan also runs a flat $499 across five dose/duration combinations (1mg/20wk through 2.5mg/10wk). |
| Compounded tirzepatide | $133 | 3-month program (medication included)$399 flat for 3 months, includes medication. |
| Compounded tirzepatide | $329 | 4-week program$329 flat for 4 weeks. An Extended GLP-1/GIP Program runs $699-$899 by dose/duration (7.5mg-15mg, 8-18 weeks). |
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Many HSA and FSA plans cover GLP-1 telehealth — check yours. These figures are what Care Clinics's own site disclosed at last review; this market re-prices often, so confirm the current number at the source.
What we like
- Genuinely low published pricing — $100/mo semaglutide and $133/mo tirzepatide are among the cheapest checked
- Every program's price is on the homepage itself, with no signup wall
- Klarna payment plans available for the multi-month programs
The caveats
- No pharmacy named anywhere, and no individual clinician named — just a 'panel of healthcare providers'
- No state-availability list found on the site
- Consults run over live audio/video rather than an async questionnaire
- Nothing written for postpartum, breastfeeding, or PCOS timing
Care Clinics for mothers: our verdict
The cheapest sticker price in this comparison — $100/mo semaglutide, $133/mo tirzepatide on the 3-month plans — but with no named pharmacy, no named clinician, no disclosed state list, and nothing written for a postpartum or PCOS timeline. It runs about $100/month, flat across every dose — toward the affordable end of what we track.
We weigh Care Clinics the way mothers actually have to: not just the monthly cost, but postpartum and breastfeeding timing and PCOS and insulin resistance — the parts a general weight-loss roundup leaves out.
What Care Clinics costs, in full
- Compounded semaglutide — 3-month program (medication included): $100/mo
- Compounded semaglutide — 7-week program: $148/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — 3-month program (medication included): $133/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — 4-week program: $329/mo
That sits below the roughly $179 median ongoing price across the providers we track for mothers — a real cost advantage.
Care Clinics says the price covers the provider visit and the medication. That is the comparison that matters at this price: two providers a few dollars apart can differ by a hundred a month once the extras are counted, so line up what each one bundles before you decide.
The medications Care Clinics prescribes
Care Clinics prescribes semaglutide and tirzepatide — the two with the largest published weight-loss effects, and carrying both on one account matters when insulin resistance, common with PCOS and after gestational diabetes, makes tirzepatide the better-suited option. These are compounded formulations from a licensed pharmacy — the reason the price stays down — but compounded GLP-1s aren't FDA-approved finished products the way Wegovy and Zepbound are.
Where Care Clinics fits — and where it doesn't — for mothers
A good fit if…
- the monthly cost is a real barrier and you want a low, predictable number.
- switching between semaglutide and tirzepatide may become necessary as your body and your hormones change.
Look elsewhere if…
- you specifically want an FDA-approved brand pen with its own pregnancy and lactation labeling.
- you'd rather a prescriber talk through timing around postpartum and breastfeeding timing — that is the ground our #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, is built on.
Oversight, safety, and what we could verify
Our confidence is moderate — the core facts check out, but some details (per-state availability, program mechanics) aren't fully public. As with any compounded GLP-1, the most useful thing mothers can do is confirm which licensed pharmacy fills the prescription and what's in the formulation — we explain how we weigh oversight in our scoring methodology.
One line that applies to every provider on this site: no GLP-1 is established as safe in pregnancy or while breastfeeding, and the labels advise against use. This is a review of a commercial program, not a green light — the timing decision belongs to you and your clinician.
The bottom line
Care Clinics is a genuine value play — weigh it on postpartum and breastfeeding timing and PCOS and insulin resistance against the alternatives below. For most mothers, CoreAge Rx remains the stronger all-round fit — see why it tops our ranking.
The bottom line for mothers
Best for: A mother chasing the lowest possible sticker price who's comfortable with a live video consult and will confirm her own state and pharmacy directly before paying.
Alternatives to Care Clinics
Providers we have a referral relationship with, ordered by their Metabolic-Fit Score — highest first. This module leaves out the provider whose page you are reading, so on CoreAge Rx's own review our #1 pick is the one name you will not find here. These are not the whole roster: see the full ranking for every provider we cover, paid or not.
- Visit CoreAge Rx92
Metabolic-Fit / 100
CoreAge RxOur #1 pickOne flat price, both molecules on a single chart, and a prescriber who reads your history before writing — the most predictable place for a mother to start and, just as important, to pause.
- Visit Gala Health84
Metabolic-Fit / 100
A flat $179 for either molecule with a genuinely gentle microdosing tier — a reasonable, all-doses-included option if you can live with a yearly plan and a pharmacy it doesn't name.
- Visit Enhance MD81
Metabolic-Fit / 100
One of the more oversight-forward compounded programs here — lab work and a live provider visit bundled into every plan, with a gentle microdosing tier — the catch is that the low '$212' headline you'll see quoted is the 12-month prepay rate, not the $249 you'd pay month to month.
Keep comparing Care Clinics
Head-to-head & alternatives
Care Clinics, answered
- How much does Care Clinics cost?
- At last review, Care Clinics's lowest ongoing compounded rate was about $100 a month — $100/mo ($299 per 3-month program) for semaglutide, $133/mo ($399 per 3-month program) for tirzepatide. This market re-prices often, so check the current all-in figure at the source before committing.
- Is Care Clinics safe to use while breastfeeding?
- Nothing in this class — compounded or brand — has been established as safe in pregnancy or lactation, and every label advises against use. Care Clinics is not an exception to that. Plan a GLP-1 for after weaning and settle the timing with your own clinician.
- Does Care Clinics offer both semaglutide and tirzepatide?
- Yes — Care Clinics offers both molecules. Tirzepatide's dual GIP/GLP-1 action is often preferred where insulin resistance drives weight, which matters for PCOS and after gestational diabetes.
- Where does Care Clinics rank for mothers?
- Care Clinics scores 35/100 on our Metabolic-Fit Score and sits at #247. That score is a weighted read of six things mothers actually have to care about. CoreAge Rx currently leads it — see how they compare.
Pricing, states and verification reflect Care Clinics's public disclosures at last review; the Metabolic-Fit Score is our editorial judgment per the published methodology. This is background reading, not medical advice — GLP-1 medications are not established as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding. See our medical disclaimer and how we're funded.