Fails 2 of 8 criteria. S3, pharmacy identification: No filling pharmacy is named. The pages refer only to U.S.-licensed 503A compounding pharmacies, and name LillyDirect and NovoCare only as where brand-name prescriptions can be sent. 1 more criterion also fails; see the table below.
At a glance
Rivas Medical Weight LossTelehealth service
6/8criteria passed
Price
Compounded semaglutide $115 a week in the clinic or $399 a month by telehealth, after a $195 initial visit
Sells
compounded semaglutide, compounded tirzepatide, Wegovy, and 3 more
Telehealth service. Passes 6 of 8 criteria. Recorded against Standard v1.1.
A physician-founded medical weight loss practice with 15 clinics in Maryland and Virginia and telehealth in Maryland, Virginia and Florida. It gives compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide injections at weekly clinic visits or ships them after a video visit, and also prescribes Wegovy, Zepbound and phentermine.
The evidence behind each disposition in the table above, where it appears, and its date.
S1PASSA Rivas provider evaluates each patient's history at the first visit, in person or by video, and decides whether a GLP-1 is appropriate. The founder, Dr. Paul Rivas, is named as a board-certified physician.Source: Rivas Medical Weight Loss' telehealth page; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' website; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' about page.
S2PASSThe telehealth page lists booking a video visit and completing the health intake before the visit as the first step, then the provider's evaluation and prescription, then shipping. The $195 initial visit fee pays for that evaluation, and no medication is sold before it.Source: Rivas Medical Weight Loss' telehealth page; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' pricing page.
S3FAILNo filling pharmacy is named. The pages refer only to U.S.-licensed 503A compounding pharmacies, and name LillyDirect and NovoCare only as where brand-name prescriptions can be sent.Source: Rivas Medical Weight Loss' compounded page; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' telehealth page.
S4PASSThe compounded semaglutide, compounded tirzepatide and telehealth pages state that compounded medications are not FDA-approved finished drug products, and the disclaimer on every page repeats that compounded medications are not FDA-approved brand-name drugs.Source: Rivas Medical Weight Loss' compounded page; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' telehealth page.
S5FAILNo certificate of analysis or lot document is published. The compounded medication pages say the pharmacies test every batch for potency and purity, with no report behind the claim.Source: Rivas Medical Weight Loss' compounded page.
S6PASSThe contact page lists a street address for each of the 15 clinics, among them 55 Kensington Pkwy, Abingdon, MD 21009. The privacy statement names Paul M. Rivas, M.D., P.C. as the company, and the terms name Maryland law.Source: Rivas Medical Weight Loss' contact page; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' privacy policy; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' terms of service page.
S7PASSIn the clinic, compounded semaglutide costs $115 a week and compounded tirzepatide $165 a week at any dose, visit and medication included, with 4-week and 12-week packages at 5% and 10% off: $437 and $1,242 for semaglutide, $627 and $1,782 for tirzepatide. Every program starts with a $195 initial visit. By telehealth, compounded semaglutide costs $399 a month and compounded tirzepatide $599 a month, and the $195 initial visit includes the medication for month one. Wegovy and Zepbound visits cost $100 a month with the medication bought separately, and phentermine is typically $115 a month.Source: Rivas Medical Weight Loss' pricing page; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' telehealth page; Rivas Medical Weight Loss' website.
S8PASSNo FDA warning letter names Rivas Medical Weight Loss or Paul M. Rivas, M.D., P.C., and no action has halted the business.Source: FDA warning-letter index.
Products shown on the seller's own pages at the recorded date: compounded semaglutide, compounded tirzepatide, Wegovy, Zepbound, phentermine, B12 and lipotropic injections.
Dispositions recorded against Standard v1.1. Method and null semantics: how checks are performed. This record is not a review and contains no medical advice.