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Nolu review

By Gut Metabolic EditorialUpdated

60/100

Price transparency

What is disclosed before intake, not a clinical rating.

Nolu offers online compounded weight-care assessment with consultation, medication and shipping described within its selected price. Its current page lists semaglutide injections at $199 and tirzepatide at $279, explicitly every four weeks. The four-week cycle matters when comparing annual spending with calendar-month services. Its cancellation policy is more detailed than the broad cancel-anytime headline: requests need 72 hours before the next billing date, and refunds depend on timing, services received and whether a longer prepaid period remains unshipped.

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Public amounts require the selected preparation, complete payment and billing term to be confirmed.

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Nolu at a glance

Price visibility
Public offer details
Pharmacy information
Not publicly named
Where it operates
Confirm clinical service and location eligibility. Broad US online care with service-specific state restrictions; confirm actual clinician and preparation eligibility

The verdict

Public amounts require the selected preparation, complete payment and billing term to be confirmed.

The score beside Nolu's name rates how much it tells you before the medical intake — the price, the pharmacy and the terms — not how cheap it is.

Considering Nolu?

Confirm the plan, billing terms and availability before you begin.

What do you get with Nolu?

  • Compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide injections, with a separate oral semaglutide offer at $239 every four weeks. Ask for the exact preparation and route rather than treating oral and injectable products as interchangeable prescriptions.
  • An online intake reviewed by an independent licensed clinician, with prescribing only when appropriate. The service links a telehealth consent describing OpenLoop’s clinical framework; confirm the actual assigned practice and professional for your selected treatment.
  • Consultation, medication and expedited shipping described as included, with the same price at prescribed doses on the selected program. Coaching and community features are also mentioned, but the actual contact and private clinical follow-up arrangements should be confirmed.
  • An account-based subscription and pharmacy-delivery model, with optional longer plans having lower per-cycle equivalents. The complete upfront payment, supplied duration, clinical requirements and actual pharmacy remain necessary parts of the selected quote.

How does Nolu work?

  1. Compare four weeks with four weeks

    The injection listings are $199 for semaglutide and $279 for tirzepatide every four weeks, not an established calendar-month total. A 28-day schedule can produce thirteen cycles across fifty-two weeks. Ask for the first and next payment dates, full supplied quantity and any longer-plan total. Do not use a lower prepaid equivalent as though it were a one-cycle installment.

  2. Complete the independent clinical assessment

    Provide complete health history, current medicines and prior prescriptions. The provider reviews suitability and may need more information before prescribing. Confirm your actual medical practice, clinician and private follow-up route. The footer’s broad coverage statement also says some services are unavailable in some states, so the exact preparation and location still need to qualify.

  3. Confirm the pharmacy and formulation

    The terms allow platform-network dispensing or a pharmacy of choice in the relevant process. Ask which pharmacy would actually supply the proposed preparation and whether choosing another pharmacy changes cost or delivery. Request the concentration, added ingredients, quantity and label information. A named active ingredient and a vial illustration do not establish the full prescription being dispensed.

  4. Use the actual notice and refund windows

    The policy requires cancellation at least 72 hours before the next billing date. A late request can leave another charge due. A first-72-hour refund also requires that no subscription services have been received. Longer prepaid plans have a distinct remedy for periods with no medication shipped. Obtain the order’s actual status and the specific refund calculation before assuming a pause reverses an existing charge.

How much does Nolu cost?

Semaglutide

Compounded semaglutide injection $199 every four weeks; oral preparation $239; longer prepaid equivalents differ; ongoing month-to-month total not established.

Tirzepatide

Compounded tirzepatide injection $279 every four weeks; actual selected supply and renewal agreement required; ongoing month-to-month total not established.

Where it operates

Confirm clinical service and location eligibility. Broad US online care with service-specific state restrictions; confirm actual clinician and preparation eligibility

Nolu lists semaglutide injections at $199, oral semaglutide at $239 and tirzepatide injections at $279 every four weeks. Consultation, medicine and shipping are described as included in the selected offer. Longer plans have their own full upfront payments. Compare equal treatment periods and the actual charge schedule; the monthly shorthand does not change a four-week billing cycle into a calendar month.

  • The page’s no-membership-fee statement does not mean there is no recurring payment. The selected medication plan is a subscription with a specific billing cycle.
  • The cancellation policy requires 72 hours before the billing date despite broad cancel-anytime language. Obtain the actual date and retain the effective-cycle confirmation.
  • The early refund provision applies within 72 hours only if no subscription services were received. Completing clinical work can therefore matter before a package ships.
  • For plans billed two or more months at a time, the policy describes refunds for months with no medication shipped. Ask how those periods and any rendered services are counted; an unused delivered vial is not the same as an unshipped future period.

Considering Nolu?

Confirm the plan, billing terms and availability before you begin.

Who is Nolu best for?

A good fit if

  • Adults comfortable with four-week recurring treatment plans
  • People comparing regular cycles with longer prepaid options
  • Patients willing to track a 72-hour renewal deadline

Look elsewhere if

  • Anyone treating $199 as a calendar-month annual budget
  • Shoppers assuming no membership means no automatic billing
  • People expecting an unconditional refund after clinical services begin

Considering Nolu?

Confirm the plan, billing terms and availability before you begin.

What are Nolu's pros and cons?

Pros

  • The page states the actual four-week billing period
  • Injection and oral offers have separate prices
  • The policy distinguishes early and longer-plan refund cases

Cons

  • Four-week cycles differ from calendar-month budgeting
  • Cancellation requires advance notice
  • The actual practice and pharmacy assignment still need confirmation

The pharmacy behind the medicine

It does not name its pharmacy. Nolu does not publicly disclose which compounding pharmacy fills its prescriptions. That is common and it is not an accusation — but it does mean the one thing you would most want to verify about a compounded medicine is the one thing you cannot.

A compounded drug is mixed to order by a pharmacy rather than manufactured and released as a finished product, so the FDA has not reviewed the specific preparation you are prescribed for safety, effectiveness or quality. That is true of every compounded program, including the highest-scoring ones.

What else do people ask about Nolu?

Is Nolu billed monthly or every four weeks?

The current weight-care offers explicitly say every four weeks, even though monthly shorthand also appears. Confirm the actual next payment and supplied quantity. Compare equal treatment days when considering another provider; thirteen four-week cycles cover fifty-two weeks, rather than twelve calendar-month charges.

What is included in the displayed amount?

The selected offer describes consultation, medication and shipping, with the same price across prescribed doses. Ask for the complete inclusion list and any testing or services outside the package. The oral semaglutide offer has a different listed price from the injectable preparation and needs its own prescription review.

Who reviews my intake?

An independent licensed professional makes the prescription decision. The service links OpenLoop telehealth consent, but your actual assigned clinician and practice should be confirmed in the care records. A completed questionnaire does not itself establish suitability, a particular preparation or a guaranteed prescription.

Can I cancel just before renewal?

The published policy requires at least 72 hours before the next billing date. A request inside that window can leave the current upcoming charge payable and take effect for a later cycle. Save the acknowledgment and check the effective date rather than relying on cancel-anytime shorthand.

Is there a first-72-hour refund?

The policy describes one if cancellation is requested within the first 72 hours and no subscription services have been received. Ask what services have already occurred and obtain the actual order status. The passage of less than three days does not alone establish an unconditional refund after care has begun.

What happens to a prepaid balance?

The policy describes refunds for periods with no medication shipped on plans billed two or more months at a time. Ask for the actual calculation, treatment periods and shipped quantities. This differs from returning medication already delivered, and stopping future billing should be confirmed separately from the refund request.

Sources for this review

Company information and terms used for this review. These sources describe the service; they do not establish treatment outcomes.

How it compares

Nolu ranks 217 of 293 on our price-transparency score. Every prescription GLP-1 program we review is scored on the same question: can you see the price before you hand over your health history? The full list is on the prescription GLP-1 review index.

Because Nolu shows a price before the intake, it is also ranked on our GLP-1 telehealth ranking.

  • $249/mo month-to-month (compounded oral; $171 only on a 12-month prepay)

  • Standard compounded injection $149 monthly, oral option $174; lower-dose programs separately $115; longer supplies billed by stated term; ongoing month-to-month total not established.Show the full pricing note
  • Advertised from $94.31/month alongside buy-now-pay-later language; cash price, financing obligation and complete supply not established; ongoing month-to-month total not established.Show the full pricing note
  • Compounded semaglutide advertised at $149/month but also described as a four-week subscription; optional coaching $599/month; ongoing month-to-month total not established.Show the full pricing note
  • Semaglutide + B12 advertised at $299/month, any dose; selected supply and complete fees require confirmation; ongoing month-to-month total not established.Show the full pricing note

Read this before you start

Prices change — confirm on Nolu's own site before you commit. This page is informational and not medical advice: a GLP-1 is a prescription drug, and whether one suits you is a decision for a licensed clinician who knows your history. How we choose what appears here, and what we are paid for, is set out in our editorial policy.