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MEDVi and Fridays: the first-month figure, and the letter on one side
Two things decide this page and neither is the number in the advertising. First, MEDVi's $179 is a first month and the months after it are $299, so budgeting against $179 budgets against the wrong figure. Second, MEDVi has an FDA warning letter on its record, which the agency's index still shows with no response letter and no close-out letter, and our Fridays file holds none. The prices below were both verified on the same day, 2026-09-12, which is rarer than it sounds and makes this one of the cleaner like-for-like reads we can offer.
The $179 is a first month, and the months after it are $299
- MEDVi: $299 per month ongoing, $179 first month, as of 2026-09-12
- Fridays compounded semaglutide: $150 prepaid, $249 month-to-month, as of 2026-09-12
- Fridays compounded tirzepatide: $240 prepaid, $359 month-to-month, as of 2026-09-12
- Gap against MEDVi's ongoing figure: $149 prepaid, $50 month-to-month
The federal letter sits on one side of this page
A dietician on one side, an insurance concierge on the other
We score both 9.2, so the tie has to break somewhere else
How We Compared Medvi vs Fridays
How we put this page together
Everything above was read from our own live record for MEDVi and Fridays on 2026-10-07. Nothing was recalled, averaged or inferred.
Prices are floors carrying the date we checked them, and both brands' weight-loss figures happened to be verified on the same day, 2026-09-12, so the dollar comparison on this page is unusually clean. A floor is the lowest dated figure our record holds for that brand and category, never a quote for you.
MEDVi's $179 is handled throughout as a first month rather than a price, because that is what its own label says it is. The $149 and $50 gaps are simple subtraction between two published ongoing figures; we publish no annualised totals and no projections built on an introductory rate.
The warning letter paragraph reports the agency's own findings and gives the fda.gov permalink. We paraphrase the marketing language the FDA quoted rather than reprinting it. Our 9.2 scores are our own editorial assessment; the Trustpilot numbers are third party and dated to the day we observed them.
There is no efficacy content here, no dosing guidance and no list of who a medication suits or does not suit. That last omission is deliberate: deciding a medication against your own body and history is a clinician's job.
Fridays' own listing carries a second, lower semaglutide figure of $117 a month alongside a promotional offer with discount codes, and it is published without a verification date. The figures we quote for Fridays are the dated ones from its price listing, verified on 2026-09-12. If you see $117 advertised, that is the annual-plan price with discount code NYNY12 applied, which we confirmed on joinfridays.com on 2026-10-08. The $150 we quote is the annual-plan price with no code, and a code-conditioned price can be withdrawn at any time.
Final Verdict: Medvi vs Fridays
Where this lands
On price alone, Fridays wins on both of its tiers. Its month-to-month figure of $249 undercuts MEDVi's $299 ongoing price by $50, and its prepaid figure of $150 undercuts it by $149. Both sides were verified on 2026-09-12.
On the regulatory record, MEDVi is the one with something to read. It has an FDA warning letter on its record citing misbranding, issued 2026-02-20 and linked in full above, which the agency's index still shows with no response letter and no close-out letter. That is a fact about the company, not a prediction about your prescription.
What MEDVi does offer that our Fridays file does not is included dietician visits and care coaching, plus a metabolic report in our fit notes, and a flat cash price with insurance kept out of it. Fridays goes the other way with an insurance concierge. If you have coverage worth chasing, that is a genuine reason to look at Fridays first; if you do not, MEDVi's flat-rate framing is the simpler arrangement.
Both weight-loss routes here are compounded. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved as finished drug products: the FDA has not reviewed them for safety, quality or effectiveness.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is MEDVi per month after the first month?
$299 per month, as of 2026-09-12. The $179 figure applies to the first month only, and the ongoing price is what you should plan around. $299 is a floor, meaning the lowest ongoing configuration we could verify on that date.
Which is cheaper month to month, MEDVi or Fridays?
Fridays, on both of its tiers. Its compounded semaglutide is $249 per month month-to-month against MEDVi's $299 ongoing, a $50 gap, and $150 per month on a prepaid plan, a $149 gap. Both were verified on 2026-09-12 and both are floors rather than quotes.
Does MEDVi charge a membership fee on top of the medication?
Our record holds no separate membership charge for MEDVi. We did not independently work through its checkout, so treat that as what our record holds rather than something we tested, and confirm it before you pay.
What is the FDA warning letter against MEDVi about?
On 2026-02-20 the FDA issued MEDVi, LLC a warning letter citing misbranding under sections 502(a) and 502(bb) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Reviewing medvi.io in December 2025, the agency said labels bearing the MEDVi name implied MEDVi compounds the drugs when it does not, and that two lines on the site asserted an equivalence between its compounded product and named brand-name medicines, implying an approval a compounded drug does not hold. MEDVi says medvi.io is affiliate-operated rather than company-operated; we could not verify that, and the letter is addressed to MEDVi, LLC. Its MARCS-CMS number and the full text are given in the section above.
Is the semaglutide Fridays prescribes a brand-name medication?
No. Fridays' published label describes compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide, and our record holds no brand-name option for it. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved as finished drug products: the FDA has not reviewed them for safety, quality or effectiveness.
Does either plan include nutrition or coaching support?
MEDVi's feature list includes free dietician visits and care coaching, plus a metabolic report and one-to-one guidance in our fit notes. Our Fridays record names an insurance concierge and a custom plan, and no dietician. That absence is a gap in our file rather than a finding about Fridays, so ask them directly if nutrition support matters to you.
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