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Head-to-head for women
Direct Meds vs MEDGm
Direct Meds and MEDGm 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
Higher scoreRanked #26 for women · Grade B−
Luna Fit
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.
FDA warning letterSeptember 2025Read it ↗Visit Direct MedsMEDGm
Ranked #68 for women · Grade C
Luna Fit
Best for: Women who want to know which pharmacies fill the prescription before they start, and who will turn down the twelve-month plan once they read what renewing it costs.
Visit MEDGmThe verdict for women
Direct Meds edges out MEDGm on the Luna Fit Score, 80 to 68 (B− vs C). 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. The reasoning behind that number is in what we found reviewing Direct Meds.
MEDGm is still a genuine option — names all four dispensing pharmacies with addresses and phone numbers, then hides the price behind a sixteen-screen intake. A $179 first month renews at $299, on a page whose own FAQ promises the price never increases. Weigh the six women's-health factors below against your own priorities; the MEDGm scorecard goes through each of them, and if neither of these two is the one, the alternatives to MEDGm we rank for women 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.
Price, access & features
| Detail | Direct Meds | MEDGm |
|---|---|---|
| Luna Fit Score | 80/100 · B− | 68/100 · C |
| Overall rank | #26 | #68 |
| Semaglutide | $249/mo sublingual · $297/mo injectable | $299/mo month-to-month injection ($179 the first month only, on a coupon applied automatically); prepay $249, $219 or $169 a month on three, six or twelve months billed upfront |
| Tirzepatide | $299/mo sublingual · $399/mo injectable | $399/mo month-to-month injection ($279 first month only); prepay $349, $319 or $269 a month on three, six or twelve months billed upfront |
| Coverage | Not publicly listed | All 50 states and DC, matching its own intake selector |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
Luna Fit
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
Luna Fit
MEDGm
Ranked #68 · Grade C
What we like
- Names all four dispensing pharmacies with street addresses and phone numbers — RedRock, Health Warehouse, Precision Medicine and Triad Rx
- States the 503A and 503B classes and names the prescribing entities: seven OpenLoop professional corporations and Reliant MD
- Coverage is fifty states and DC in the terms and in the intake selector, with no contradiction between the two
The caveats
- No price appears until a sixteen-screen intake ending in name, email and phone number is finished
- The advertised $179 is a first-month coupon rate; the standing figure is $299, and removing the coupon rewrites the panel on the spot
- The treatments FAQ promises the price never increases, on the same page where a month-to-month plan rises from $179 to $299 at the first renewal
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 MEDGm 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. MEDGm is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 25 points apart — see MEDGm against CoreAge Rx, factor by factor.
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