How to Get Trulicity: Every Legit Route, Cost, Time

To get Trulicity you need a prescription for an approved use: type 2 diabetes and heart risk.

Prescription: RequiredFDA label (DailyMed)
Shortage: Resolved

Trulicity basics

How long it remains in the body

Its half-life is about 5 days: after 5 d half is gone, and after five half-lives (25 d) about 3% is left.

All legit Trulicity routes, ranked

How to get it, lowest cost first
Route	Who it is for	What you pay
Lilly Cares	Household income of 300% of the federal poverty level or less	Free for up to 12 months
Your doctor, with insurance and the savings card	Commercial insurance that covers it	From $25 for a fill covering up to 3 months

Prices checked November 2026. Each listed price links to its source page.

Sources: pricinginfo.lilly.com, trulicity.lilly.com, lillycares.com, GoodRx.

Who qualifies

A prescription is required for any GLP-1 sold in the US. A prescriber writes it for one label-approved use:

Used with diet and exercise, it lowers blood sugar for adults and children 10 and older with type 2 diabetes.
Adults with type 2 diabetes have a lower risk of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death when they have heart disease or several heart risk factors.

Source: FDA label (DailyMed).

Status of the Shortage

Dulaglutide is not on the current FDA shortage list, and Lilly reports every Trulicity dose is available.

Source: ashp.org.

Scam signals

A seller that skips the prescription is not a licensed US pharmacy.
Compounded and sold as the brand: because the FDA does not approve compounded drugs, none of them is Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro. None of them is Zepbound either.
Telehealth companies received 30 warning letters from FDA for misleading claims that their product matches the brand.
The monthly price does not include the drug. FTC took action against one program for this; see NextMed review.

Sources: pricinginfo.lilly.com, trulicity.lilly.com, lillycares.com, GoodRx.

Find it in your state

Hims & Hers: not all 50 states are served
Noom Med: not all 50 states are served
NovoCare Pharmacy: its delivery network serves all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico

Which route you take depends most on Medicaid rules. your route depends most on Medicaid rules. Today, 10 state Medicaid programs cover GLP-1s for weight loss. Pick your state to see the drug list and prior authorization rules:

Sources: hims.com, noom.com, NovoCare.