- What is 'peptide therapy,' really?
- In telehealth, 'peptide therapy' almost always means a prescription for sermorelin — a growth-hormone-releasing-hormone analog that nudges your pituitary to make more of your own growth hormone. A handful of clinics also offer ipamorelin, tesamorelin, BPC-157, TB-500 and others. The marketing wraps all of these in longevity and recovery language, but the evidence base differs enormously between them: sermorelin and tesamorelin have real clinical data, while BPC-157 and TB-500 are supported mostly by animal studies. Anchor what you pay on our peptide evidence matrix, not the sales page.
- Are compounded peptides from a telehealth provider legal?
- A peptide prescribed by a licensed clinician and filled by a licensed compounding pharmacy is a legitimate, regulated route. That is different from 'research use only' vials sold online with no prescription — those sit outside the medical system, are not quality-controlled for human use, and several popular peptides have faced FDA compounding restrictions. If an injectable peptide is offered with no prescription and no clinician, treat that as a red flag. See our guide on where to get peptides safely.
- How much does peptide therapy cost?
- Telehealth sermorelin typically runs in the low-to-mid hundreds of dollars per month depending on the provider and plan length; brand-name approved peptide drugs like tesamorelin (Egrifta) cost dramatically more. Clinic IV/injection bundles vary widely by location. We break the routes down in our peptide therapy cost guide. Verify current pricing on each provider's own site before signing up.
- How is this list ordered?
- Approved affiliate partners are shown first and labeled — that ordering is commercial. The written assessment is editorial and is never changed by whether we earn a commission. Our evidence framing is honest regardless of order: we say plainly which peptides have human data and which don't, and we cover physician-supervised options we don't earn from when they're the better fit. Verify current pricing and availability on each provider's own site.