About GLP Index
We read everything so you don't have to.
— and we'll always tell you the truth, even when it costs us a sale.
GLP Index is an independent guide to GLP-1 medications, the telehealth providers that prescribe them, and life on them. No drugmaker money, no scores for sale, no accounts.
Why we exist
The deck was stacked. This is the first real turning point.
We believe modern American life is engineered against a healthy weight. A food system built to be irresistible. Jobs that eat your evenings, stress that never switches off, years spent driving everyone else's life while your own health waits in the car. And then — after all of that — people get shamed for the outcome, as if the game had ever been fair.
GLP-1s crack that open. For the first time, tens of millions of people have a genuine chance to turn it around — not through another decade of white-knuckled willpower, but with real medicine that quiets the noise and gives effort somewhere to land.
And the wins we care about aren't on the scale. They're running with your kid again. Taking the stairs without negotiating with yourself first. Getting out of bed easily. That's what this site is actually about.
The medication is the head start, not the finish line. We exist for what you do with it.
Two kinds of wins
Win one
Maybe you just want the weight gone.
That's real, and it's enough. We'll help you choose the right medication and provider, pay the least for it, and lose the weight without giving up the muscle and bone that make the loss worth having.
Win two
Maybe you want your life back, too.
Walks that become hikes. Playing instead of watching from the bench. If you want the bigger version, we'll hold that door open — protein, strength, and habits that last. An invitation, never a standard to meet.
What we do
Everything here is free, and everything is the same kind of honest
Medication guides
Every GLP-1, explained plainly and cited to FDA labels and trials.
ExploreProvider reviews
Telehealth providers tested against their own pricing pages and real user sentiment.
ExploreComparisons
Head-to-head breakdowns when you're stuck between two options.
ExploreFree tools
Dose, weight loss, and protein calculators that run entirely in your browser.
ExploreThe blog
Living well on a GLP-1 — supplements, nutrition, and the news that affects your treatment.
ExploreThe standard
Honesty here is a published standard, not a vibe
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We cite primary research. The citations aren't there to be read — they're proof someone did the reading.
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We flag weak evidence as weak. When the science is thin, the page says so.
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We tell you what not to buy. Telling you what to skip is what makes our "buy" mean something.
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We will never put a score on a review. Stars get traded for commissions in this industry. Verdicts in plain language, only.
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Sponsored content is always labeled. As of today, there is none.
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We fix errors fast and visibly. Spot one? Tell us and we'll correct it.
The receipts live in our editorial policy — how we review, how we source, and what happens when we get something wrong.
How we make money
GLP Index is free to read and takes no money from drugmakers. When you sign up with some providers through our links, they pay us a referral fee — at no cost to you. The order of operations is the whole point: recommendations get decided first, money attaches after, where it exists at all. We recommend providers who pay us nothing, and we tell you to skip providers who would.
Details in our editorial policy · Want to work with us? Partnerships
Who's behind it
Spencer Lanoue
Founder
I'm not a doctor, and this site will never pretend otherwise. I'm a researcher — I spent a decade making confusing markets legible for software companies, and now I do it full-time for the most confusing market people have ever had to navigate while also living in it. Every page on GLP Index crosses my desk before it publishes.
When licensed clinicians review a page here, they'll be named on it. Nothing on this site gets a reviewer's name it didn't earn.