First Step Health & Wellness
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Compare First Step Health & Wellness with other providers
Can you get a prescription peptide from First Step Health & Wellness?
Ranked: sells a covered peptide now and passes 2 of our 3 checks.
Ranked #277
Higher than 45% of the 613 sellers we score
-10 points: sells blends of covered peptides (policy allows single peptide only).
-5 points: markets peptides outside the six covered.
The shaded part is the sellers First Step Health & Wellness scores higher than.
Legal basics19 / 44License, gated checkout, wording, FDA letters, routes
- Dispensing pharmacy license: Unknown, 0 of 12. Pharmacy not disclosed. The peptide page says only 'prescribed through licensed pharmacies'; no pharmacy named on the pages read (5 Nov 2026). (November 5, 2026)
- Medical step before payment: Pass, 8 of 8. No cart. 'Start My Program' opens a booking page titled 'Peptide Therapy Qualification': a questionnaire on goals and GLP-1 use, then a 10-minute 'Health Coach Consultation'. No payment field on that page. Program includes 'Review of medical history and current medications'. Stopped there; nothing typed. Prescriber step after the coach call not seen. firststeptohealth.net ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- No research-use wording: Pass, 4 of 4. No research-use wording on the pages read. firststeptohealth.net ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- No FDA warning letter: Pass, 7 of 7. FDA warning letter index search (First Step Health; firststeptohealth.net) found no letter to this company (5 Nov 2026) fda.gov ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- No legal action found: Unknown, 0 of 4. No match in ps-peptide-suits/our legal-actions dataset (name + domain) and 0 relevant results in a justice.gov news search for the exact name (5 Nov 2026). Court dockets (PACER/CourtListener) and state board actions not searched, so not marked pass. justice.gov ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- Single peptide only, no blends: Fail, 0 of 4. 'Restore stack (BPC-157 / KPV / TB-500)'; 'Semax / Selank Neuropeptide blend to support mood, stress resilience, and mental clarity.' Add-ons also list 'AOD-9604 blends' and 'Tesamorelin blends'. firststeptohealth.net ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- Only the 6 covered peptides: Fail, 0 of 2. Peptide page lists CJC-1295, Ipamorelin, Selank, GHK-Cu (route not stated), IGF-1 LR3, AOD-9604, Tesamorelin, Pinealon, Dihexa as peptides 'we use'; also Tesofensine. firststeptohealth.net ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- Routes allowed by the policy: Unknown, 0 of 3. no routes listed (November 5, 2026)
- Licenses in other states: Unknown, no points. not checked (November 5, 2026)
Quality evidence0 / 35Lot testing, API maker, accreditation, sterility
- Ingredient maker named: Unknown, 0 of 8. not checked (November 5, 2026)
- Ingredient maker FDA-registered: Unknown, 0 of 9. not checked (November 5, 2026)
- Batch test reports: Unknown, 0 of 8. not checked (November 5, 2026)
- PCAB or ACHC accreditation: Unknown, 0 of 5. not checked (November 5, 2026)
- Endotoxin and sterility testing: Unknown, 0 of 5. not checked (November 5, 2026)
Transparency8 / 21Public prices, states served, LegitScript, reviews
- Prices public: Pass, 5 of 5. public price for: bpc-157, tb-500, epitalon, mots-c, semax, kpv firststeptohealth.net ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- States listed: Pass, 3 of 3. all (site claim: 'Virtual across all 50 states'; another page says 'Licensed in 35 States') firststeptohealth.net ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- LegitScript certified: Unknown, 0 of 5. not checked (November 5, 2026)
- Customer reviews: Unknown, 0 of 5. No Trustpilot profile (404) for firststeptohealth.net (5 Nov 2026) trustpilot.com ↗ (November 5, 2026)
- Policy label shown: Unknown, 0 of 3. not checked (November 5, 2026)
Our 3 checks
We checked these ourselves rather than trust the site.
1
UnknownDispensing pharmacy license
Pharmacy not disclosed. The peptide page says only 'prescribed through licensed pharmacies'; no pharmacy named on the pages read (5 Nov 2026).
Checked November 5, 20262
PassMedical step before payment
No cart. 'Start My Program' opens a booking page titled 'Peptide Therapy Qualification': a questionnaire on goals and GLP-1 use, then a 10-minute 'Health Coach Consultation'. No payment field on that page. Program includes 'Review of medical history and current medications'. Stopped there; nothing typed. Prescriber step after the coach call not seen.
Checked November 5, 2026 · firststeptohealth.net ↗ · Stopped at firststep.weightlossbookinghub.com3
PassNo research-use wording
No research-use wording on the pages read.
Checked November 5, 2026 · firststeptohealth.net ↗
Wrong? Unknown means we could not confirm it from public sources, not a finding against First Step Health & Wellness. Send evidence and we will re-check
Who fills the order and who prescribes
We read the main pages of the First Step Health & Wellness site (home, peptide, about, FAQ and policy pages, not every page) and public records on November 5, 2026.
Dispensing pharmacy Not disclosed
Pharmacy not disclosed. The peptide page says only 'prescribed through licensed pharmacies'; no pharmacy named on the pages read (5 Nov 2026).
Checked November 5, 2026
Prescribers named on the site
- Dr. Gerold Stipanuk, MD Physician oversightNPI 1669459905 ↗ · Internal Medicine · Licenses in NPI record: ARWhere the site names them ↗
An NPI number is not a license. It shows the specialty the clinician registered. NPI records checked November 5, 2026.
What we saw
- Home page says 'Licensed in all 50 states'; the Apex registration page says 'Licensed in 35 States'. Seen November 5, 2026 · apex.firststephealthwellness.com ↗
Covered peptides offered
Checked November 5, 2026
Legal name: Salus Venture Holdings DBA First Step Health & Wellness · Website: firststeptohealth.net ↗ · Prescription: Required, per the seller's site. Source ↗ · Pharmacy that fills it: Not disclosed · States served: all (site claim: 'Virtual across all 50 states'; another page says 'Licensed in 35 States')
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