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Direct Meds vs Enhance MD

Direct Meds and Enhance MD both offer GLP-1 telehealth to women, but they make different trade-offs on PCOS and hormonal suitability, clinical oversight, price and access. Here they are side-by-side on the Luna Fit Score — our women's-health rubric.

Direct Meds

Ranked #26 for women · Grade B−

Best for: Women who want an oral or sublingual alternative to weekly shots, on an all-inclusive program with no membership fee, and who are comfortable vetting a newer compounder themselves.

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Enhance MD

Higher score

Ranked #2 for women · Grade A−

Best for: Women who want fully transparent tiered pricing — including a microdose entry and a combo option — plus recurring metabolic lab work, and who don't need brand-name or oral routes.

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The verdict for women

Higher Luna Fit Score: Enhance MD

Enhance MD edges out Direct Meds on the Luna Fit Score, 92 to 80 (A− vs B−). Women who want fully transparent tiered pricing — including a microdose entry and a combo option — plus recurring metabolic lab work, and who don't need brand-name or oral routes. The reasoning behind that number is in the Enhance MD scorecard.

Direct Meds is still a genuine option — one of the few programs we track that offers an oral or sublingual route alongside injections — semaglutide drops from about $179 (or $297 injectable), tirzepatide from about $224 — all-inclusive with no separate membership. The trade-off is a newer, less-verified operator whose prices we couldn't confirm live. Weigh the six women's-health factors below against your own priorities; what we found reviewing Direct Meds goes through each of them, and if neither of these two is the one, the full field we rank against Direct Meds widens the field.

Side-by-side on the six factors

Both providers scored on the same women's-health rubric — the higher side on each factor is marked. See the methodology.

Direct Meds Enhance MD
PCOS & hormonal suitability8492
Direct
Enhance
Clinical oversight & labs6894
Direct
Enhance
Price transparency8094
Direct
Enhance
Nationwide access8095
Direct
Enhance
Ongoing support8488
Direct
Enhance
Cancellation fairness8885
Direct
Enhance

Price, access & features

DetailDirect MedsEnhance MD
Luna Fit Score80/100 · B−92/100 · A−
Overall rank#26#2
Semaglutide$249/mo sublingual · $297/mo injectable$249 every 4 weeks month-to-month (13 charges a year); $212/mo only on the 12-month prepay
Tirzepatide$299/mo sublingual · $399/mo injectable$329 every 4 weeks month-to-month (13 charges a year); $280/mo only on the 12-month prepay
CoverageNot publicly listedAll 50 states
Brand-name accessCompounded onlyCompounded only
Oral / sublingualYesInjection only

Direct Meds

Ranked #26 · Grade B−

What we like

  • Rare oral and sublingual route in addition to injectable — a real option for the needle-averse
  • Both molecules offered — semaglutide and tirzepatide for insulin-resistant PCOS
  • All-inclusive pricing with no separate membership fee, and a promotional entry near $147

The caveats

  • Compounded only — no FDA-approved brand semaglutide or tirzepatide
  • Prices are company-stated, not ones we could verify live, and the brand runs multiple domains
  • A newer operator with an ambiguous footprint, so the oversight signal is thinner

Enhance MD

Ranked #2 · Grade A−

What we like

  • Unusually transparent tiered pricing — semaglutide $212/mo (first month $112), tirzepatide $280/mo, microdose $169/mo, and a combo option at $322/mo
  • Dose-flat billing, so a titration up doesn't quietly raise your monthly cost
  • Six-month metabolic lab testing with provider oversight — a real clinical loop, not a prescription-only handoff

The caveats

  • Compounded medication is not FDA-approved the way brand Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound are
  • No brand-name path and no oral or sublingual route for the needle-averse
  • Licensed in all 50 states, though their own FAQ lists product as launched in 40 plus DC so far — worth confirming your state before you start

Assume any provider we list may compensate us — we may earn a commission, at no cost to you. Pricing, states and verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last review; the Luna Fit Score is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.

More head-to-heads

Neither Direct Meds nor Enhance MD is only worth comparing with the other. Direct Meds is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 13 points apart on the Luna Fit Score — see Direct Meds vs CoreAge Rx for women. Enhance MD is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 1 point apart — see the Enhance MD–CoreAge Rx head-to-head.

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