Curex vs Optimized Health
Two GLP-1 desks, one scoreboard. We put Curex and Optimized Health head-to-head on the published Brief Score — the same six factors, scored the same way.
Curex
FDA warning letter, September 2025 — issued to Curex. See the FDA's warning letter database.
Optimized Health
The verdict
Curex takes this head-to-head.
Curex scores 86 to 71 on our six-factor Brief Score — Identical $199 pricing on both molecules, an oral route, LegitScript-certified and nationwide.
That doesn't make Optimized Health a bad call — it's best for patients in mo/ia/ks/ut/wa wanting transparent, lab-guided compounded glp-1 weight loss. Weigh the six factors below against your own priorities before you decide.
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Factor by factor
Both desks scored on the six published Brief Score factors. The higher score in each row is marked. See the methodology.
Price, coverage & the tracker
| Curex | Optimized Health | |
|---|---|---|
| Brief Score | 86/100 (B) | 71/100 (C) |
| Semaglutide | $199/mo | From $200/mo (starting dose, compounded) |
| Tirzepatide | $199/mo | From $250/mo (starting dose, compounded) |
| Coverage | All 50 states | 5 states |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
| On the tracker | Stableprice stable | Newnew to the tracker, no prior reading |
Curex: Flat $199 on both molecules; LegitScript-certified and nationwide.
Optimized Health: New to the tracker on 1 August 2026. The published line reads From $200/mo (starting dose, compounded) at our first reading; there is no earlier reading of ours to compare it against yet.
● Not sold on either?
CoreAge Rx tops the whole ranking at 94/100.
The steadiest desk in the ranking: one flat, no-step-up price on both molecules, nationwide, and it hasn't moved.
Pricing, states and access reflect each provider's public disclosures at last review; the Brief Score is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.