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Our mission

Weight care for the life you want.

Excess weight shows up in how you move, how you sleep, and how you work. It shows up in how comfortable you feel in your own body. Getting medical help for it should not require a scavenger hunt. We built NicoCares so one subscription covers the whole path.
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Eligibility review by a physician licensed in your state
Prepared by a state-licensed pharmacy
The eligibility check takes about five minutes
Cancel anytime, with no term commitment

Why the platform model

Weight care is fragmented by default. The physician is in one place, the pharmacy in another, and the patient is left holding the coordination. People give up in the gaps, not because the care does not work.

NicoCares is the layer between those pieces. We connect you with a licensed physician in your state. We carry the prescription to a state-licensed pharmacy and arrange delivery. Your physician stays reachable afterwards. Each party does the job it is licensed to do. The platform coordinates and never prescribes.

We also decided what not to sell. There is no upsell tier and no consultation fee bolted on later. You add your payment details when you choose a plan, before a physician reviews you, and you are charged only if your clinician's decision is positive and your treatment ships; choosing a plan never means you will be prescribed anything. One subscription, stated up front.

We are paid by subscription, and only by subscription. NicoCares takes no commission on what a physician prescribes. We do not earn more when a plan costs more. That matters, because a platform paid per prescription has an interest in every review ending the same way. Ours does not.

The physicians are independent and licensed in the state where you live. The pharmacies are state-licensed and dispense only against a prescription written for you. Our job is the connective tissue between them. We would rather be judged on how well that handoff works than on how much of it we own.
What we value

What we hold ourselves to


A physician decides
Every plan comes from a physician licensed in your state, not from an algorithm and not from us.
Quality of life, not a number
We measure success in energy, comfort and mobility. We do not publish scale numbers or promise outcomes.
One price, stated up front
Your subscription covers the review, the treatment when prescribed, delivery and ongoing support. No hidden fees.

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Steps from first question to delivery

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Subscription, with no hidden fees

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Treatment formats, when prescribed
Our team

The physicians behind the care

Illustrated portrait of Dr. Nicole Nadel, DO

Dr. Nicole Nadel, DO

DO · Weight care

Physician profile

Weight careFamily medicineNutrition
Illustrated portrait of Dr. James Whitfield

Dr. James Whitfield

MD, Internal Medicine · Seattle, WA

Invented physician

Metabolic healthInternal medicine
Illustrated portrait of Dr. Grace Lin

Dr. Grace Lin

MD, Nutrition & Metabolic Health · San Francisco, CA

Invented physician

NutritionMetabolic healthFamily medicine
Illustrated portrait of Dr. Marcus Bell

Dr. Marcus Bell

MD, Family Medicine · Austin, TX

Invented physician

Family medicineWeight careMovement

See whether we are a fit.

The eligibility check takes about five minutes. An active plan is required before a physician reviews your answers.