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Aminoscope
Updated August 2026

TMates review

By Priya Anand · Aminoscope

Read the page, not the grid

Our verdict

TMates sells a legitimately good testosterone program — real cypionate, labs bundled into the price, a lab-confirmed diagnosis requirement, and candid FAQ answers about fertility suppression.

Main trade-offs

  • The shop grid advertises annual-prepay rates in a "/month" slot with no commitment disclosed — testosterone at "From $83" against a real $200
  • Branded Zepbound and Wegovy are listed at "$99 /month" beside products whose price includes the drug, when $99 is clinical service only and the medication is paid for separately

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Compounded medicines are not FDA-approved. A licensed clinician must assess whether treatment is appropriate; availability does not establish safety or benefit.

Check availability →Sermorelin $179/mo on the product page; the shop grid advertises "From $129/month", a 12-month prepay at $1,550 upfront. No clinician or pharmacy named

Good fit

Men who want testosterone with labs bundled into a flat monthly price and who will open the product page rather than trust the shop tile.

Consider other options if

Anyone who needs a named prescriber or pharmacy, anyone expecting to bill insurance, and anyone buying from the shop grid.

Cost and care at a glance

Category
Peptide telehealth
Published cost
Sermorelin $179/mo on the product page; the shop grid advertises "From $129/month", a 12-month prepay at $1,550 upfront. No clinician or pharmacy named
Insurance
Cash-pay, no insurance
Visit
Quiz intake / Async intake
Availability
All 50 states claimed
LegitScript
Claimed by provider

Our review in detail

Full assessment

TMates sells a legitimately good testosterone program — real cypionate, labs bundled into the price, a lab-confirmed diagnosis requirement, and candid FAQ answers about fertility suppression. Then it advertises that program on a shop grid at "From $83 /month" when the monthly price is $200. The grid figure is less than half the product-page price, and the gap repeats across the catalog. Everything here depends on which page you land on, which is not a state a storefront should be in.

What it is

A telehealth platform selling testosterone cypionate as an intramuscular injection, NAD⁺ as both a subcutaneous injection and a nasal spray with the concentration stated, sermorelin as a subcutaneous injection, compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide, phentermine, minoxidil, hydroquinone and an erectile-support product — plus branded Zepbound and Wegovy offered as a prescription-referral service rather than dispensed. It positions itself as a technology platform rather than a medical provider, stating that it does not practice medicine and that the treating providers are independent.

How care works

Telehealth only, with no in-person visits, and asynchronous intake marketed as instant — a 90-second quiz to get pre-approved, then licensed provider review, labs if ordered, approval and shipping. Pricing is not gated: full plan tables are shown publicly on every product page. For testosterone, labs are included in the price and periodic lab work is described as part of the process, with the diagnosis explicitly gated on lab-confirmed low testosterone. Two things to read carefully before subscribing. The "cancel anytime" on every tile sits against terms that are considerably harder — no refund once the medical team has reviewed and a prescription has been written and transmitted to a pharmacy, and payment plans remain in place even if a refund request is declined. And the site names nobody: its own doctors page lists zero physicians, zero NPIs, zero photographs and zero state licenses, offering only aggregate claims about board certification and average experience, while displaying Harvard, Mayo Clinic and NIH logos with no stated relationship and no named clinician to attach them to. No compounding pharmacy is named either, though the company states candidly that it is not itself a 503A or 503B facility. A practical note for anyone re-checking these figures later: the site hard-blocks automated fetching, so it can only be read in a real browser.

Costs, billing and cancellation

Two sets of numbers, and only one of them is a monthly price. On the product pages, the default selected plan is the true monthly rate: testosterone $200 a month, NAD⁺ $149, sermorelin $179. Prepaid bundles then step down — testosterone to $450 for three months, $700 for six and $1,000 for twelve; NAD⁺ to $1,050 for twelve; sermorelin to $1,550 for twelve. Those are legitimate offers, honestly laid out on the product page with the total shown. The shop grid is where it goes wrong: it lists each product with a "/month" suffix using only the deepest annual rate and discloses no commitment on the tile — testosterone "From $83 /month" against a real $200, NAD⁺ "From $88" against $149, sermorelin "From $129" against $179. The testosterone gap is 2.4×. A separate problem sits in the same grid: branded Zepbound and Wegovy are listed at "$99 /month" in the same format as products whose price includes the drug, when the product page states that $99 covers clinical service only and that TMates does not dispense or ship the medication — the drug is paid for separately at your own pharmacy. So go by the product page, and note the prepay total before you choose a longer plan.

Medication and evidence

Compounded; not FDA-approved for the compounded line, and TMates' footer disclaimer states that correctly — compounded medications are subject to quality and purity standards but are not evaluated by the FDA for safety, quality or efficacy — with proper trademark disclaimers and an unusually candid statement that it is not a 503A or 503B compounding facility. No compounded product is called FDA-approved anywhere. The problems are elsewhere. Its patient testimonials call a prescription NAD⁺ injection a "supplement" twice, on a page that sells it as provider-reviewed and prescription-only, and the same two quotes appear on the sermorelin page, where they are about the wrong product entirely. Its NAD⁺ FAQ raises the evidence question honestly and then waves it away: asked what the controversy is, it answers that some say the claims exceed current research "but the results patients are getting speak for themselves". On testosterone, two clinical statements need correcting — it claims most experts agree subcutaneous injections are not as effective, which is not the consensus and sits against an FDA-approved subcutaneous testosterone auto-injector, and it presents 200 mg injected weekly as a typical starting dose, which is high against conventional starting regimens nearer 100 mg weekly or 200 mg every two weeks. Its sermorelin page also claims to be "a safer alternative to direct HGH supplementation", a comparative safety claim with nothing behind it. On the evidence: injected and intranasal NAD⁺ have no controlled human outcome trials; sermorelin acts on a real growth-hormone axis with thin long-term outcome data; testosterone replacement has a large randomized safety base and requires ongoing monitoring. Individual results vary.

Pros and watch-outs

What we like

  • Real testosterone cypionate with labs included in the price and diagnosis gated on lab-confirmed low testosterone
  • Candid FAQ answers on fertility suppression and on testosterone being prescription-only
  • NAD⁺ in two routes with the concentration actually stated — 1000 mg in 5 mL subcutaneous, or 300 mg/mL nasal
  • Full plan tables are shown publicly with the prepaid totals, before any signup
  • A correct compounded disclaimer, proper trademark disclaimers, and a candid statement that it is not a 503A or 503B facility
  • Genuinely useful blog depth on testosterone esters and on NAD⁺ delivery routes

Watch-outs

  • The shop grid advertises annual-prepay rates in a "/month" slot with no commitment disclosed — testosterone at "From $83" against a real $200
  • Branded Zepbound and Wegovy are listed at "$99 /month" beside products whose price includes the drug, when $99 is clinical service only and the medication is paid for separately
  • A site-wide FAQ says it accepts most major insurance plans, contradicting the homepage, every product price and its own terms
  • Testimonials on the sermorelin page are about NAD⁺, and call a prescription injection a "supplement"
  • Claims most experts agree subcutaneous testosterone injections are less effective, which is not the consensus
  • Presents 200 mg of testosterone weekly as a typical starting dose, which is high
  • Its doctors page names zero physicians while displaying Harvard, Mayo Clinic and NIH logos
  • Three mutually inconsistent patient counts appear across the site

Best for

Men who want testosterone with labs bundled into a flat monthly price and who will open the product page rather than trust the shop tile.

Who should look elsewhere

Anyone who needs a named prescriber or pharmacy, anyone expecting to bill insurance, and anyone buying from the shop grid.

Research relevant to TMates

Explore the evidence and its limits. Findings apply to the formulation, route and population studied; they do not establish the quality or effectiveness of a provider’s products.

How TMates compares

A few alternatives worth a look, depending on what you’re optimizing for.

  • MadeMed

    Sermorelin bundled with NAD⁺ and GLP-1 under one account

    See MadeMed →
  • Shed

    Sermorelin and GHK-Cu from a multi-service wellness provider

    See Shed →
  • Live Vital

    A wide growth-hormone-axis and research-peptide menu

    See Live Vital →
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Priya Anand

Pharmacology & mechanisms

How we assessed this. This review reflects Aminoscope’s own read of TMates’s publicly-stated model — pricing transparency, clinical oversight, medication clarity, and access — against our editorial methodology. We publish no fabricated ratings or first-hand outcomes. A partnership never changes the assessment — see how we make money.

Frequently asked

Is testosterone really $83 a month at TMates?
No. $83 is the twelve-month prepaid rate — $1,000 charged up front — shown on the shop grid with a "/month" suffix and no commitment disclosed. The true monthly price on the product page, and its own default selection, is $200. The shorter bundles are $450 for three months and $700 for six. Always open the product page.
Does the $99 Zepbound listing cover the medication?
No. The product page states that $99 is for clinical service only — evaluation and prescription management — and that TMates does not dispense or ship Zepbound. The prescription goes to your own pharmacy, where you pay for the drug separately. The shop grid lists that $99 in the same format as compounded products whose price does include the medication, which is where the confusion comes from.
Does TMates accept insurance?
Its FAQ says it accepts most major insurance plans. Nothing else on the site supports that — the homepage headline says no insurance is required, every product carries a flat cash price, the testosterone FAQ says patients choose self-pay, and the terms state you are personally responsible for all expenses if coverage is denied. Treat the flat cash price as the real model and confirm before assuming any coverage.
Is 200 mg of testosterone weekly a normal starting dose?
It is on the high side. TMates states that most men start with 200 mg injected weekly or biweekly; conventional starting regimens are nearer 100 mg weekly or 200 mg every two weeks, with dosing then guided by follow-up labs. Testosterone replacement has a large randomized safety base behind it, but it requires ongoing monitoring — hematocrit and PSA among other markers — and starting dose is something to discuss with the prescriber rather than accept from a marketing page.
Is TMates legit?
TMates is a peptide telehealth service you reach through an online questionnaire and an online intake a clinician reviews. Its stated availability: All 50 states claimed. What it publishes up front: Sermorelin $179/mo on the product page; the shop grid advertises "From $129/month", a 12-month prepay at $1,550 upfront. No clinician or pharmacy named. It is cash-pay and states it does not bill insurance. It shows a LegitScript seal. Ask the company for its certificate number before you rely on it. Before you pay, ask in writing about which medications it dispenses.
Is TMates expensive compared with other peptide telehealth providers?
TMates publishes a starting figure of $179/mo. Across the 75 peptide telehealth providers we review that publish a single monthly figure, those run $49 to $349 with a median of $189, which puts TMates below the median, toward the cheaper end. The other 142 peptide telehealth providers we review quote only after an intake or price by dose, so they are not in that comparison. A starting figure is not a bill — labs, consultations and shipping are often charged separately, so confirm what your own quote includes.