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The research route
What the research route leaves out.
No physician
Nobody reviews your health history, your other medications, or whether a product is right for you at all.
No labs
You start without a baseline, so you have no numbers to compare against later.
No idea what is in the vial
Research-use-only products are sold for the lab bench, not for people. They are not made or tested to the standards that apply to medicine for people.
In August 2026, FDA sent warning letters to five online peptide sellers whose products carried "research use only" labels. FDA said the sellers’ own websites showed the products were intended as drugs for people.
FDA warning letters →How the physician-led route works
Labs. A physician. A pharmacy.
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Labs first
Join, and you collect your sample at home with a kit. A CLIA-certified lab measures 30 biomarkers, and your results arrive in the Halftime app.
02
Tell your physician everything
Your intake asks what you take now. List all of it, including anything you bought without a prescription.
03
A physician decides
A physician licensed in the state where you are located reviews your labs and your intake, and decides whether a protocol is appropriate. The answer can be no.
04
A prescription, where appropriate
If the physician prescribes, a licensed 503A compounding pharmacy makes your medication for you from that prescription and ships it to your door cold-chain.
05
Re-check your labs
You retest on your plan’s schedule or order a panel on demand, and your physician adjusts from your new numbers.
Compounded drugs are not FDA-approved and have not been evaluated by FDA for safety or effectiveness. A physician may determine that a treatment is not appropriate. Membership does not include or guarantee any treatment.
What to bring
Bring the full picture.
Your physician can only decide well with honest answers.
Everything you take now
Medications, supplements, hormones, and anything you bought without a prescription. Include how much you take and how often.
Any reactions you noticed
Side effects, reactions, or anything that made you stop. It helps your physician decide what is appropriate for you.
Your questions
Add them to your intake. It has a space for anything else your physician should know.
What you list at intake goes to your physician as part of your clinical history. Your health information stays off advertising platforms.
What you pay, and when
Prices, in plain view.
Membership from $69/mo, including your onboarding panel. Each protocol is its own monthly subscription.
- Essentials, $69 a month: one standard blood panel at onboarding.
- Optimizer, $99 a month: two standard blood panels a year.
- Elite, $189 a month: four advanced blood panels a year.
A protocol is $10 to $245 a month, on top of membership. You are not charged for one until a physician approves it, and you see the exact price before you pay. Shipping is passed through at cost.
Your first charge at signup covers your blood panel and physician review. Monthly membership billing begins one month after you confirm a prescribed protocol or, if the physician does not prescribe one, one month after you joined.
Plans & pricing →Questions
Straight answers.
Is what I tell the physician private?
Halftime applies HIPAA administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to your protected health information. What you list at intake goes to your physician as part of your clinical history. Your health information stays off advertising platforms.
What will the physician ask?
Your intake asks for every medication, supplement, and hormone you take, and for any medication allergies. For peptide protocols, it also asks how much of each you take and how often, whether you have used peptides before, which ones, and whether you had a reaction. Answer honestly. Your physician needs the full picture.
What happens if a request is not approved?
The physician decides. Not every request is approved, and a physician may decide that no protocol is appropriate for you. You are not charged for a protocol the physician does not approve.
Can I get what I take now?
Not necessarily. Your physician prescribes only from what the physician network offers, only where it is offered in your state, and only when it is appropriate for you. The physician network does not offer everything that is sold online.
Is it available in my state?
Available nationwide. Some protocols, including some peptide protocols, are not offered in every state, so what a physician can prescribe depends on where you are located.
Availability depends on the state you are located in and may change.