Livea review
Livea is one of the few names here with a history predating the GLP-1 boom — it operates as Livea Medical, PLLC under Minnesota Weight Control, Inc., a weight-management business rather than a telehealth startup. Compounded semaglutide starts at $99 a month, tirzepatide at $199 "when available", a qualification most sellers leave out. Its FAQ also does something unusual: it puts its own price next to the alternative, "compared to $1,000+ per month for brand-name Ozempic or Wegovy".
- Independently scored
- Verified
Every medical claim in this piece is footnoted to the record it came from — the trial or the FDA label — so you can read the source rather than take the masthead's word for it. No one on this desk is your clinician.
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 we scored Livea
Each score comes out of Livea's published pricing, disclosures and oversight, and the six combine into the 56/100 Editors' Rating on the same weighted six-factor framework we apply to every provider — never nudged by whether a provider pays us.
The headline rate obscures a plan requirement or a hidden step-up.
Cost is unpredictable, premium, or hides behind a plan commitment.
Little here is shaped around a mother's week or her life stage.
Support is thin once the prescription ships.
Oversight and lab support fall short of the top of this roster — the review below says exactly where.
Leaving costs you — notice windows, minimum terms or fees you don't get back.
How we 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
We walked Livea'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.
- 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 we 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. |
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GLP-1 telehealth is usually HSA- and FSA-eligible, so check your own plan. Everything above comes from Livea's public disclosures at last review and change often; confirm the current number on Livea's own site.
What we 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
Livea for mothers: our verdict
Livea is one of the few names here with a history predating the GLP-1 boom — it operates as Livea Medical, PLLC under Minnesota Weight Control, Inc., a weight-management business rather than a telehealth startup. Compounded semaglutide starts at $99 a month, tirzepatide at $199 "when available", a qualification most sellers leave out. Its FAQ also does something unusual: it puts its own price next to the alternative, "compared to $1,000+ per month for brand-name Ozempic or Wegovy". It runs about $99/month — toward the affordable end of what we track.
We weigh Livea the way mothers actually have to: not just the real monthly cost, but the real monthly cost once the dose climbs and whether a real clinician stands behind it — the things a generic roundup never gets to.
What Livea actually costs
- Compounded semaglutide — Starting price: $99/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — Starting price, subject to availability: $199/mo
That sits below the roughly $179 median ongoing price across the providers we track for mothers — a real cost advantage.
The medications Livea prescribes
Livea prescribes semaglutide and tirzepatide — the pair with the strongest evidence behind them, and having both under one account matters when insulin resistance, familiar from PCOS and gestational diabetes, makes tirzepatide the better fit. 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 Livea fits — and where it doesn't — for mothers
Worth it if…
- the real monthly cost is a real barrier and you want a low, predictable number.
- you may need to move between semaglutide and tirzepatide as your body and hormones change.
Give it a miss 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 the real monthly cost once the dose climbs — that's what our #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, is built for.
Trust, safety, and oversight
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 Editors' Rating methodology.
One line that applies to every provider on this masthead: 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
Livea is a genuine value play — weigh it on the real monthly cost once the dose climbs and whether a real clinician stands behind it 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 family that wants a company with a track record behind the prescription rather than a new domain.
Alternatives to Livea
Providers we have a referral relationship with, ordered by their Editors' Rating — highest first. A fee never moves a rating, but it does decide who appears here, so this is not the whole roster: the full ranking lists every provider we cover.
- Visit CoreAge RxCoreAge RxOur #1 pick
The one program on this masthead whose number still makes sense at the top of the dose. A flat, all-in monthly price on both molecules, no teaser rate to expire, and a cancel button you can actually find — the closest thing to a family-budget guarantee we've reviewed.
- Visit Gala Health
A flat $179 for either molecule and a genuinely gentle microdosing tier — a reasonable, all-doses-included option, if you can live with a yearly plan and a pharmacy the marketing never names.
- Visit Sesame
A high-trust telehealth marketplace that took a clear side: FDA-approved brand GLP-1 only, no compounded shortcut. You pay a brand cash price and book a real video visit — but you get on-label pens and one of the cleaner reputations on this masthead.
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Head-to-head & alternatives
Livea, answered
- How much does Livea cost?
- When we last checked, the cheapest ongoing compounded price at Livea was around $99 a month: From $99/mo for semaglutide and From $199/mo, when available for tirzepatide. Prices here move quickly — confirm today's all-in number on their own site before signing up.
- Is Livea safe to use while breastfeeding?
- No GLP-1 has been shown to be safe in pregnancy or while nursing, whether compounded or brand-name, and the labeling advises against it. That applies to Livea as much as to anyone else. Time it for after weaning, and make the decision with your own clinician.
- Does Livea offer both semaglutide and tirzepatide?
- Yes — Livea 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 Livea rank for mothers?
- Livea takes 56/100 in our Editors' Rating, placing it #130. Six factors chosen for mothers feed that number, and CoreAge Rx is the one at the top of the list — see how they compare.
Pricing, states and verification reflect Livea's public disclosures at last review; the Editors' Rating 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.