Woodwork review

What it is

Woodwork is a men's health telehealth platform built by Grindr and aimed explicitly at gay and queer men. It runs four verticals: Better Sex (generic sildenafil and tadalafil, plus a 2-in-1 dissolvable), Weight Loss (compounded semaglutide as an injection or an oral tablet, compounded tirzepatide, and a lower-dose microdose option), Muscle Growth (sermorelin injectables — the only peptide it sells) and Supplements (protein, creatine, EAA). Sexual health is the platform's centre of gravity; weight loss and peptides are secondary verticals built alongside it. A free Grindr Unlimited membership is bundled with treatment.

How it works

Asynchronous and deliberately low-friction. You complete an online assessment covering goals and medical history, a board-certified clinician decides whether medication is appropriate, and approved orders ship within two business days with free delivery in a further two to five. Dose changes run through a quarterly refill form emailed to you, which the site describes as the mechanism for reporting health changes, side effects and medication preferences. That form is the whole ongoing-care model for sermorelin. Its FAQ is admirably direct about the limits: "Labs are not required" and "Follow up visits are not required for all patients, but are available if needed", with the caveat that some health histories will require them. Set that against what sermorelin does — it acts on the growth-hormone axis, and IGF-1 is the obvious thing to watch — and the absence of a baseline lab is a real gap rather than a convenience. The injection schedule is published as five days on, two days off, which is more specificity than most competitors give. Nothing else about the supply chain is disclosed: no compounding pharmacy is named, no individual clinician or medical director appears, no state list is published, and no LegitScript certification is shown. A 24/7 customer care line and a physical support number are published, which is more contactability than several larger platforms offer.

Pricing transparency

Published, and quoted on a cycle rather than a month. The peptide page headlines "From $116/mo*" and the asterisk resolves to "Prices vary by plan. Based on a 4-week cycle." Those two words matter: thirteen four-week cycles fit in a year where twelve calendar months do, so a figure presented as monthly bills you roughly 8% more often than a monthly plan at the same number. We therefore publish no floor for Woodwork and quote the headline with its footnote attached. Free shipping and HSA/FSA eligibility are stated, and there is no separate consultation charge visible on the page, though our record notes that a no-membership-fee claim could not be re-confirmed verbatim on a later pass — so confirm whether anything sits underneath the cycle price. For context only, its weight-loss line runs compounded semaglutide from $127/mo on a 48-week plan, compounded tirzepatide from $199/mo and a microdose at $134/mo; none of those is a sermorelin price and none should be read as one. Before enrolling, ask two questions in writing: how many times a year you will be charged, and what the price becomes after any introductory plan length ends.

Branded vs compounded

Compounded; not FDA-approved. Prescription required only if a licensed clinician finds it appropriate. The page carries the disclosure in full — compounded products have not been approved by the FDA, and the FDA does not verify the safety, effectiveness or quality of compounded drugs — which is the correct language rather than a softened paraphrase. No compounding pharmacy is named, and compounded sterile products are not reviewed by the FDA for purity and potency the way approved drugs are. On the evidence, Woodwork's description of sermorelin is one of the more accurate on this board: it is a synthetic analogue of growth-hormone-releasing hormone that causes release of growth hormone from the pituitary, and the site says plainly that it stimulates rather than replaces, so your own feedback loop stays intact. That mechanism is real and well characterised. What thins out is everything downstream of it — the long-term human outcome data for lean mass, fat loss, recovery and sleep is sparse, and the marketing claims on the page run ahead of it. The side-effect list published is unusually complete for a sales page, covering injection-site reactions and the less common systemic effects, and it names anaphylaxis symptoms with instructions to call 911. Individual results vary.

Pros and watch-outs

The evidence behind what Woodwork prescribes

We grade the molecules, not the marketing. Here is what the human data actually shows for each thing on their menu.

• Sermorelin: a real GHRH drug, read against the anti-aging pitch

  An approved growth-hormone-releasing analog with a pediatric track record — and a longevity case built more on biomarkers than outcomes.

• Growth Hormone Secretagogues: GHRH Analogs vs GHRPs Explained

  The umbrella category that makes your own pituitary release more GH — split into GHRH analogs and ghrelin-receptor GHRPs, why they're combined, and where the evidence stops.

How Woodwork compares

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

• WWWhoosh Wellness

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• YHYOURx Health

  People choosing between an NAD⁺ injection and a nasal spray on published prices

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• PAPauseRX

  NAD⁺ buyers who want a named 503A pharmacy and a named prescribing network

  See PauseRX →