Available throughout Texas by telehealth

Qsymia online — clinician evaluation and home delivery

Qsymia is a once-daily oral capsule (phentermine plus extended-release topiramate) that's FDA-approved for chronic weight management. A licensed Ondoc clinician reviews your history and decides whether it's appropriate — and if it is, the prescription goes straight to the Qsymia Engage home-delivery pharmacy.

Available throughout Texas by telehealth. This program is currently offered to patients located in Texas. See Qsymia in Texas.

Ondoc evaluation

$100

or commercial insurance where accepted

Medication

Billed separately by Medvantx

Not included in the Ondoc fee

Delivery

Shipped to your home

Oral capsule — no injections

$100 covers the Ondoc evaluation. If the clinician prescribes, Medvantx bills you separately for the medication through Qsymia Engage Home Delivery Pharmacy and ships it to your home.

Medically reviewed by Dr. Ikechukwu Ogbu, MD
MD · Board-Certified, Internal Medicine · Last reviewed

Who we can evaluate

Adults with obesity, or overweight with a weight-related condition

Qsymia is FDA-approved for chronic weight management alongside diet and activity in adults with a BMI of 30 or more, or 27 or more with a condition such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes or high cholesterol.

People who want an oral option instead of an injection

Qsymia is a once-daily capsule. No needles, no refrigeration, no weekly injection schedule.

People whose insurance won't cover a GLP-1

When a GLP-1 is denied or unaffordable, an oral option is often the practical next step rather than stopping treatment.

People already taking Qsymia who need continuity

If you're established on a dose and lost access to your prescriber, a clinician can review your response, blood pressure and tolerance and continue care.

Adolescents 12 and older, with a caregiver

Qsymia is also approved for chronic weight management in patients 12 and older with obesity. A caregiver takes part in the evaluation and the pharmacy ordering.

How it works with Ondoc

  1. 1

    Start online

    Answer focused questions about your weight history, health conditions, medicines and goals.

  2. 2

    Choose insurance or self-pay

    Commercial insurance where accepted, or $100 self-pay for the Ondoc evaluation.

  3. 3

    A clinician reviews your case

    A licensed clinician reviews everything, checks contraindications and blood pressure, orders labs or a pregnancy test where required, and may schedule a short video visit.

  4. 4

    If Qsymia is appropriate

    Your clinician signs the prescription and sends it to Medvantx Pharmacy.

  5. 5

    Order and home delivery

    You log in to Qsymia Engage Home Delivery Pharmacy, pay the pharmacy for the medication, and it ships to your door.

  6. 6

    Follow-up

    Your clinician reviews weight change, blood pressure and side effects before continuing, stepping up, or stopping treatment.

What's in Qsymia

Two medicines in one capsule, working on hunger and cravings from different directions. Your clinician chooses the strength and schedule — there's nothing to pick yourself.

Phentermine

An appetite suppressant that reduces hunger signals. It is a controlled medication, which is why a real clinical evaluation — not a questionnaire — decides whether it is appropriate.

Topiramate extended-release

Used at lower doses than in neurology, it reduces cravings and how rewarding food feels. The extended-release form smooths the effect across the day.

One capsule, four strengths

Treatment starts low and steps up only if it's working and well tolerated: 3.75/23, 7.5/46, 11.25/69 and 15/92 mg. Your clinician chooses the strength and the schedule.

Oral treatment instead of a weekly injection

GLP-1 medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound are weekly injections that need refrigeration and, often, prior authorization. Qsymia is a capsule you take each morning. If you'd rather avoid needles, have had a GLP-1 denied, or can't absorb GLP-1 cash pricing, an oral option keeps treatment going. Compare the full weight-management options.

Important safety information

Qsymia must not be used in pregnancy, and anyone who could become pregnant needs a negative pregnancy test before starting and monthly during treatment, plus reliable contraception. It isn't appropriate with glaucoma, an overactive thyroid, or an MAO inhibitor. Your clinician reviews your history, medicines and blood pressure before prescribing.

What you pay

  • Ondoc: $100 self-pay for the clinical evaluation, or your commercial insurance where accepted.
  • Medvantx: the medication cost, set and billed by Qsymia Engage Home Delivery Pharmacy and paid directly to the pharmacy.

The Ondoc fee pays for the clinical evaluation and is non-refundable. A paid evaluation does not guarantee that a prescription will be issued — that is the clinician's decision.

Common questions

Ready when you are

A licensed clinician reviews your weight history, health conditions, medications and blood pressure, decides whether Qsymia is appropriate, and — when it is — sends the prescription to the Qsymia Engage home-delivery pharmacy.