Temi vs. Dr. B: $19 AI consults or $15 physician refills

Dr. B describes itself as a public benefit corporation. Its prescriptions come from affiliated medical practices that are independently owned by licensed physicians, and a doctor or NP licensed in your state reviews each consult [2]. It names four medical advisors with their credentials [2]. Legitimacy is not what separates it from Temi; what each one is built to do is.

Most everyday consultations cost $19, and a video visit, when your state or condition requires one, costs slightly more [4]. Longevity programs cost more: Shed It weight loss is $145 per monthly consult, plus medication [3]. Everyday medication is paid at the pharmacy with Dr. B's discount card or your insurance [4]. Temi's comparable fee is $15 a refill [1].

Not for everyday consults, which are self-pay; insurance applies only to the medication at the pharmacy [2] [4]. Shed It is the exception: its consult fee is $145 out of pocket or varies with your coverage, and Dr. B runs an insurance check for brand-name GLP-1s [4] [3]. Temi never bills insurance for its service, though your plan still works at the pharmacy counter [1].

Dr. B's providers review consults seven days a week, 8am to 8pm ET, and finalize most within three business hours. A consult sent after hours, or one needing a safety check, takes longer [4]. Temi reviews refill requests within 48 hours, often sooner, with human support on the phone around the clock [1]. If you need it this afternoon, Dr. B is likely quicker.

Only through a condition consult. Dr. B treats the conditions it lists — high blood pressure and high cholesterol among them — and says it cannot connect you with a provider for general treatment [4]. Hypothyroidism, for example, does not appear on its published condition list [2]. Temi accepts any non-controlled maintenance medication for continuation, from thyroid to blood sugar [1].

Shed It charges $145 per monthly consult plus medication: compounded semaglutide + glycine from $115 or compounded tirzepatide + B6 from $113 for a 4-week supply at the lowest dose, or brand-name Zepbound and Wegovy [3]. Temi sells compounded semaglutide from $59.99 per 7.5 mg vial and tirzepatide from $104.99 per 8.5 mg vial, each with a $39 service [5] [6]. Compounded drugs are not FDA-approved.

It depends on why you came. To keep an existing non-controlled prescription going, Temi's $15 physician-reviewed refill is the closer fit [1]. For a new everyday problem, Temi's one-time $79 prescription service costs more than Dr. B's $19 consult [7] [4]. For a compounded GLP-1 without a monthly program fee, Temi's $39-per-order service is the lower recurring charge [5] [3].

There is no guarantee. Dr. B routes each consult to a doctor or NP licensed in your state, and the four physicians named on its site are advisors rather than the people treating you [2]. Temi's refill page names the physician behind every refill: Kevin Brandstetter, M.D., a board-certified emergency physician [1]. If continuity with one reviewer matters to you, that is a real difference.