Your Health, Optimized
Across Every Dimension

Seven precision health programs — from weight management to clinical skincare — powered by patented formulations, prescribed by licensed providers, and delivered to your door.

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AreteRx isn't another telehealth company selling generic compounds. We're a science-first platform with proprietary medicine across the full spectrum of health optimization. Built for people who want real science, not wellness trends.

Why Arete?

ἀρετή /ar·eh·TAY/

In ancient Greek philosophy, arete meant something deeper than excellence. It was the idea that every person has a highest version of themselves — and that pursuing it is the point of being alive. Aristotle called it the foundation of human flourishing. Not perfection. Not optimization for its own sake. The ongoing, intentional work of becoming who you're meant to be.

That's why we built AreteRx.

We believe health isn't a single number on a scale or a lab result on a screen. It's the full expression of what your body and mind are capable of — physical vitality, mental clarity, emotional resilience, purposeful living. Modern medicine treats disease. We're building something different: a platform designed to help you flourish.

It starts with the science of your body — patented formulations prescribed by real providers, grounded in real evidence. But it doesn't stop there.

Body

Precision Rx programs, hormone optimization, peptide therapy, and clinical skincare. Optimize the vessel that carries everything else.

Mind

Cognitive performance, mental health support, and neuroprotection. Your brain is the operating system — it deserves the same precision as your body.

Nutrition

Personalized supplementation and dietary protocols matched to your biomarkers and your protocols. Your food is part of your medicine.

Movement

Exercise prescriptions paired with your Rx. Recovery protocols. Wearable integrations. Because medicine works better when your body is moving.

Purpose

Community, education, and accountability. Health isn't just what you take — it's why you show up. This is the dimension nobody else touches.

AreteRx isn't a pharmacy. It's a platform for human flourishing — starting with the science of your body and expanding into every dimension of what it means to be well.

Body — Your Rx Programs

The first pillar of Arete. Each program is backed by patented formulations, prescribed by a licensed provider, and compounded at our LegitScript-certified pharmacy.

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Weight Management

GLP-1 drugs lose weight — but up to 40% is muscle. AreteLean™ is a patent-pending combination designed to preserve lean mass while you lose fat. Not a GLP-1 with extras. A new approach to what weight loss should look like.

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Peptide Therapy

Recovery, repair, and optimization — clinical-grade protocols using legally compoundable peptides, prescribed for targeted outcomes.

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Hormone Optimization

Arete-T™ — patent-pending testosterone combination protocols, plus HRT and thyroid optimization, designed around your labs and goals.

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Sexual Health

Confidence, function, connection — featuring our patent-pending LibidoRestore™ formulation and evidence-based sexual wellness protocols.

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Hair Restoration

Clinical-strength hair protocols — Finasteride, Dutasteride, Minoxidil Rx, and custom topicals beyond what OTC can do.

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NAD+ Therapy

Cellular energy and longevity — injectable and sublingual NAD+ protocols for mitochondrial function and recovery.

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Skincare Rx

Prescription-strength skincare — tretinoin, hydroquinone, and advanced mTORC1-selective anti-aging topicals.

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Supplements

Science-backed daily supplements from the same team that designs your Rx protocols.

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Cosmetics

Clinical-grade non-Rx skincare. Same standards, no prescription required.

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Stem Cell Therapy

Regenerative medicine protocols for tissue repair and recovery.

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Biomarker Program

Track, test, and optimize — data-driven health monitoring integrated with your protocols.

This Isn't Another Telehealth Company

There are dozens of companies that will sell you a generic compound through an app. Arete isn't one of them.

Patented Formulations

Our combination protocols are proprietary and patent-protected. Nobody else can offer these formulations because we developed them. While other companies compete on who can ship the same commodity compound faster, we compete on the medicine itself.

Scientist-Founded

Arete was built by scientists and researchers — not marketers. Our founding team holds pending patents and brings decades of biotech R&D experience. Every formulation decision starts with published data. Every protocol has a clinical rationale.

Real Provider Review

No AI rubber-stamping. No auto-approved prescriptions. A licensed medical provider evaluates your health history, your labs, and your goals before designing your protocol. Not everyone qualifies — and that's intentional.

Clinical-Grade Compounding

Your medication is compounded at a LegitScript-certified, state-licensed 503A pharmacy. Individually prescribed. Not mass-produced. Not pulled from a warehouse shelf. Made for you, shipped to you.

Four Steps to Your Personalized Protocol

1

Choose Your Program

Select from seven precision health programs. Not sure where to start? Our assessment will help match you.

2

Complete Your Assessment

Answer questions about your health history, goals, and biomarkers. Designed to give your provider the information they need. ~5 minutes.

3

Provider Designs Your Protocol

A licensed provider reviews your assessment and designs a personalized protocol using our patented formulations. This is a real clinical evaluation.

4

Delivered & Optimized Monthly

Compounded at our certified pharmacy and shipped to you. Ongoing check-ins ensure your protocol evolves as you progress.

Built by Scientists. Backed by Evidence.

AreteRx exists because the standard approach to telehealth prescribing has a problem: everyone gets the same thing. The same semaglutide. The same testosterone. The same finasteride. One compound, one dose schedule, minimal follow-up.

We took a different approach. Our research team develops proprietary multi-compound protocols designed to address specific clinical gaps in standard monotherapy — with pending patents spanning combination formulations, metabolic support protocols, and novel delivery approaches.

The difference isn't the service. It's the science.

15 Pending Patents
7 Active Programs
PhD Founded
50 State Coverage

Weight Management

The biggest problem with GLP-1 therapy isn't efficacy — it's that up to 40% of the weight lost is lean body mass. Muscle, not just fat. No FDA-approved GLP-1 product addresses this. AreteLean™ does. Our patent-pending formulations combine GLP-1 with compounds that target skeletal muscle preservation through a novel mechanism — not just appetite suppression with add-ons. It's a fundamentally different approach to what weight loss therapy should be. Available as a weekly injectable or daily sublingual troche.

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Peptide Therapy

Targeted peptide protocols for recovery, tissue repair, and optimization — prescribed by a provider who understands the pharmacology. Arete offers clinical-grade protocols for specific outcomes, not generic stacks assembled from trends. Every peptide we prescribe is legally compoundable under current FDA guidelines.

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Hormone Optimization

Hormone levels decline with age, and the effects — fatigue, weight gain, mood changes, reduced performance — can be significant. Our patent-pending Arete-T™ line offers three targeted testosterone combinations — Arete-T Cardio for cardiovascular protection, Arete-T Balance for estrogen management, and Arete-T Repair for tissue recovery — plus HRT for women, thyroid optimization, and DHEA. Designed around your labs and your symptoms. Our approach adjusts with you over time, because hormone health isn't a one-time fix.

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Sexual Health

Sexual health is health. Arete prescribes evidence-based protocols including our patent-pending LibidoRestore™ formulation, optimized Tadalafil/Sildenafil combinations, and Oxytocin-based protocols — all through a clinical framework that treats this with the seriousness it deserves. No awkward chatbot. Real providers, real assessments, real medicine.

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Hair Restoration

Over-the-counter solutions have their ceiling. Arete prescribes clinical-strength hair restoration protocols — Finasteride, Dutasteride, prescription Minoxidil, and custom topical combinations — tailored to your specific pattern and progression. Prescription-grade formulations compounded for your needs, not pulled from a shelf.

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NAD+ Therapy

NAD+ is a coenzyme essential to mitochondrial function, cellular energy production, and DNA repair — and levels decline significantly with age. Arete offers injectable NAD+, sublingual NAD+, and NAD+ precursor protocols designed to support cellular vitality, cognitive performance, and recovery. Clinical-grade NAD+ therapy, prescribed and monitored by a provider.

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Skincare Rx

Effective anti-aging skincare starts with prescription-strength active ingredients. Arete's skincare protocols include Tretinoin, Hydroquinone, and advanced mTORC1-selective topicals — targeting skin aging at the cellular pathway level, not just the surface. This is dermatology-grade skincare, compounded for your specific skin profile.

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On the Horizon

Body is just the beginning. Arete is a platform for every dimension of human flourishing.

Mind

Mental Health & Cognitive Performance

Neuroprotection protocols, cognitive optimization, and mental health Rx — including ketamine therapy. Your brain is the operating system. It deserves the same precision as your body.

Nutrition

Personalized Supplements & Dietary Protocols

Science-backed supplementation designed by a world-class nutritionist and matched to your biomarkers. Your food is part of your medicine — not an afterthought.

Movement

Exercise Rx & Recovery

Activity prescriptions paired with your protocols. Wearable integrations. Recovery optimization. Because medicine works better when your body is moving.

Purpose

Community, Coaching & Education

Health isn't just what you take — it's why you show up. Accountability coaching, peer community, and education that helps you understand the science behind your protocols.

Body

Biomarker Tracking

Integrated lab monitoring that connects your data directly to your protocols — so your provider can see what's working and adjust in real time. The bridge between all five pillars.

Body

Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine

Regenerative medicine protocols for tissue repair, joint health, and recovery — backed by AASCM accreditation standards. The next frontier of the Body pillar.

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Licensed Prescribers
503A Compounding Pharmacy
15 Pending Patents
HIPAA Compliant

Common Questions

About Arete

Arete is a precision health platform offering seven Rx programs — weight management, peptide therapy, hormone optimization, sexual health, hair restoration, NAD+ therapy, and clinical skincare. Each program is powered by patented formulations, prescribed by licensed providers, and compounded by a LegitScript-certified 503A pharmacy. We're a science company that built a healthcare platform, not a tech company that added medicine.

Most telehealth companies prescribe the same generic compounds that any pharmacy can compound. Arete's formulations are proprietary with patents pending — the medicine itself is different. We were founded by scientists, not a marketing team. And we offer seven therapeutic programs from one platform, so your health isn't siloed across five different apps.

How It Works

Choose a program, complete a health assessment, and a licensed provider reviews your case and designs a personalized protocol. Your medication is compounded specifically for you and shipped monthly. Ongoing provider check-ins ensure your protocol evolves as you progress.

Yes — and this is one of Arete's key advantages. Your provider sees your full health profile and can design protocols that work together. For example, your weight management and hormone optimization protocols can be coordinated rather than prescribed in isolation by different providers.

After your provider approves your protocol, your medication is typically compounded and shipped within 3–5 business days. Ongoing monthly shipments are automatically scheduled.

Programs & Safety

Our medications are compounded by a licensed 503A pharmacy using FDA-approved active pharmaceutical ingredients. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved as finished products — they are individually prescribed by a licensed provider and prepared for a specific patient. This is the same regulated compounding model used widely across telehealth and is legal at both state and federal levels.

Standard GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro) cause significant lean mass loss — published data shows up to 40% of weight lost is muscle, not fat. No FDA-approved product addresses this. AreteLean™ is a patent-pending combination that pairs GLP-1 with compounds specifically targeting lean mass preservation — a distinct clinical problem that standard GLP-1 therapy creates but doesn't solve. This isn't repackaged semaglutide. It's a novel formulation designed for a different outcome: lose the fat, keep the muscle.

All peptides we prescribe are legally compoundable under current FDA guidelines and have documented safety profiles in published literature. Every peptide protocol is prescribed by a licensed provider who evaluates your health history, and all compounds are prepared by our licensed pharmacy. As with any prescription medication, individual responses vary and potential considerations are discussed before treatment begins.

We offer individualized hormone replacement protocols for men (testosterone, DHEA) and women (HRT, thyroid optimization). Your protocol is designed around your lab results, symptoms, and goals — and adjusted over time as your levels change. This is ongoing optimization, not a one-time prescription.

Pricing & Logistics

Each program operates on a monthly subscription. Pricing includes your compounded medication, provider consultations, progress monitoring, and shipping. Specific pricing is provided after your health assessment, as protocols vary by patient and program. No hidden fees.

No. Arete does not bill insurance. Your subscription covers all costs. Many patients find our programs comparable to or less than the cost of brand-name medications, even with insurance copays.

Yes. You can cancel any program at any time with no cancellation fees. If you've already been charged for the current month, you'll receive that month's shipment and your subscription ends at the close of the billing cycle.

Your Health Deserves Better Science

Seven programs. Patented formulations. Licensed providers. One platform built by scientists who believe medicine should be personal, precise, and grounded in evidence.

Find Your Protocol

AreteRx provides access to licensed medical providers who may prescribe compounded medications. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved. Individual results vary. All medications require a prescription from a licensed provider following clinical evaluation. AreteRx does not guarantee specific health outcomes. Prescription therapies may not be appropriate for all patients. Consult your healthcare provider before starting any new medication.