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Kino Clinic

Kino Clinic

A deliberately narrow service: compounded tirzepatide at exactly two price points, a microdose and a macrodose, with no other medication on offer. It publishes the actual milligram content of the microdose, states its pharmacies are 503A, displays LegitScript certification, and frames its dosing around retaining lean mass rather than maximising scale weight loss. There is no membership and cancellation is from the account dashboard.

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Medications offered

As listed on the provider’s own site. Whether a product is FDA-approved or compounded is the single most important distinction here — we explain why.

  • Compounded tirzepatideCompounded · not FDA-approved

What they publish

Kino Clinic publishes 8 of 12 standard terms. Fields marked “not publicly disclosed” were not stated on the pages we captured, and we have not filled those gaps with assumptions. Compare disclosure across providers

Membership / programme fee
None — states no membership fees and no hidden fees (as published)
Medication cost
Microdose published at $179 every four weeks, stated as 1.25mg per week from a 12mg monthly bottle; macrodose published at $279 every four weeks. Described as one flat monthly price including the medication, unlimited clinician messaging, an injection kit and shipping (as published)
Introductory offer
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Insurance
States no insurance is needed.
HSA / FSA
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Consultation process
Five-minute online health questionnaire covering history, medications and goals, reviewed by a licensed physician who prescribes only if medically appropriate. States unlimited clinician messaging is included in the monthly price.
Eligibility
States eligibility is determined from the health questionnaire by a licensed provider. Clinical criteria such as a BMI threshold were not published on the pages we captured.
Lab work
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Pharmacy fulfilment
States prescriptions are dispensed through licensed 503A compounding pharmacies described as FDA-registered, and that Kino Clinic is not itself a pharmacy. The pharmacies are not named.
Shipping
States free discreet two-day shipping, with the medication refrigerator-ready on arrival and supplied with an ice pack, alcohol swabs, insulin needles and instructions.
Support services
States unlimited clinician messaging is included.
Cancellation
States monthly charges recur until cancelled, that you may cancel at any time from your account dashboard, and that active prescriptions are honoured through the current cycle.
Refunds
Refund terms were not published on the pages we captured.

What stands out

  • Publishes the actual dose behind the word 'microdose' — 1.25mg per week from a 12mg monthly bottle. Most microdose marketing in this market never states a milligram figure at all.
  • Sells one molecule at two doses and nothing else, which makes the offer unusually easy to compare.
  • States dosing is set with lean-mass retention in mind rather than maximum scale loss, which is a clinical position rather than a marketing number.
  • Sets out its own legal basis in plain terms — that compounded tirzepatide is lawful when prescribed by a licensed clinician for an individually identified patient with a documented clinical need — and states that is how it operates.
  • Displays LegitScript certification and describes its pharmacies as FDA-registered 503A facilities.
  • Cancellation is self-service from the dashboard, with the current cycle honoured, which is clearer than most.
  • No refund policy is published to sit alongside the cancellation terms.

Questions to ask before you pay

These are things we could not settle from published pages, or that we think are easy to misread. Get answers in writing.

  • Microdosing at 1.25mg weekly has no trial evidence behind it for weight management. What is the clinical rationale for that dose in your case rather than a standard titration?
  • Which 503A pharmacy fills your prescription, and can you see a certificate of analysis for your lot?
  • No refund policy is published. What happens to a charge if you cancel immediately after billing?
  • What BMI or clinical threshold is applied, given none is published?
  • Compounded tirzepatide is not an FDA-approved product. Do you understand what that means for oversight and recourse?

May suit

Someone who specifically wants low-dose tirzepatide, knows what dose they are buying, and does not want a platform selling them five other things at the same time.

Limitations

  • Tirzepatide only — no semaglutide and no branded product.
  • Compounded only.
  • No insurance and no published HSA/FSA position.
  • No refund policy published.
  • No published BMI threshold or lab requirement.
  • The microdose is a fixed low dose that does not titrate, which is a different treatment intent from the trials people cite when they discuss tirzepatide.

Frequently asked

What is the difference between the microdose and the macrodose?

Price and dose. The microdose is $179 every four weeks and the site states it is 1.25mg per week from a 12mg monthly bottle; the macrodose is $279 every four weeks. Publishing the milligram figure is the useful part — it lets you compare against the doses actually used in tirzepatide trials, which ran considerably higher.

Is compounded tirzepatide legal?

Kino Clinic addresses this directly on its own site, stating that compounded tirzepatide is lawful when prescribed by a licensed clinician for an individually identified patient with a documented clinical need, and that this is how it operates. That is a fair description of the 503A framework. Legal is not the same as FDA-approved — the site also states its compounded medications are not FDA-approved finished products.

How do I cancel?

From your account dashboard, at any time, per the published terms — charges recur until you do, and an active prescription is honoured through the current cycle. What is not published is any refund policy, so a charge already taken for a cycle you no longer want is an open question worth asking before you start.

Sources

Captured . Pages change — check the current version before relying on anything here.

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