Keep your GLP-1 patients on therapy.
TeraHealth coaches away the side effects that make patients quit their GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) medication — nutrition, fitness, sleep, and the rest of a lifestyle-medicine plan, delivered daily inside your app and signed off by a practitioner.
32M
US adults currently on a GLP-1, up from ~10M in 2025
54%
have quit within 12 months of starting
$132B
global GLP-1 sales in 2025, heading to $190–200B by 2030–35
More than half of patients quit before the drug can work.
Nearly every GLP-1 side effect traces back to one mechanism: the drug slows the stomach and cuts food intake. That makes the side effects predictable — and coachable. The patient who quits at month three is usually not quitting because the drug failed.
54%
discontinue within a year
n = 125,474
8%
are still on therapy at three years
Weeks 2–12
is when side effects peak and most patients quit
~8 mo
median time on therapy in real-world cohorts
Why patients quit, and the lifestyle answer
Each side effect has a known cause and a known fix. Our protocols pair the two, written for the specific drug and dose the patient is on.
Side effect
Why it happens
Lifestyle answer
Nausea, reflux
Drug slows stomach emptying
Smaller, lower-fat meals timed around dose
Constipation
Reduced gut motility
Fiber and fluids increased gradually
Muscle loss
Rapid weight loss without resistance training
Protein at 1.2–2.0 g/kg body weight, plus resistance training twice a week — only proven way to preserve lean mass during GLP-1 weight loss
Fatigue, hair thinning
Nutrient intake drops
Nutrient-dense meals; iron, B12, and vitamin D checked and corrected
Regain after stopping
Habits never changed
Habits built during treatment, so the patient has something to fall back on
Side effect
Nausea, reflux
Why it happens
Drug slows stomach emptying
Lifestyle answer
Smaller, lower-fat meals timed around dose
Side effect
Constipation
Why it happens
Reduced gut motility
Lifestyle answer
Fiber and fluids increased gradually
Side effect
Muscle loss
Why it happens
Rapid weight loss without resistance training
Lifestyle answer
Protein at 1.2–2.0 g/kg body weight, plus resistance training twice a week — only proven way to preserve lean mass during GLP-1 weight loss
Side effect
Fatigue, hair thinning
Why it happens
Nutrient intake drops
Lifestyle answer
Nutrient-dense meals; iron, B12, and vitamin D checked and corrected
Side effect
Regain after stopping
Why it happens
Habits never changed
Lifestyle answer
Habits built during treatment, so the patient has something to fall back on
How TeraHealth helps
A prescriber, a registered dietitian, and a GLP-1-specialized trainer work from one patient record. The Tera Coaching App carries the plan daily, between visits.
Intake
Health history, medications, the GLP-1 regimen, and any labs.
Safety check
One health picture, so no plan contradicts a condition.
Plan
A dietitian and a trainer approve a pre-built phase plan; the prescriber signs.
Daily coaching
Meals, sessions, logs, and an AI coach — inside your app, under your brand.
Measure & escalate
Tolerance is tracked per dose; anything concerning goes to the prescriber.
Lifestyle only. The app never recommends a medication or a dose change. Any dose question goes to the prescriber.
A patient who stays on a GLP-1 is worth $500 to $1,000 a month to the company that makes it — and $150 to $500 a month to the pharmacy that sells it.
of coached patients are still on their GLP-1 at 12 months, versus 47–49% without coaching
Published, third-party result — Omada Health, 12-month analysis, Jan 2026. Not a TeraHealth outcome.
Safety and clinical governance
Every plan a patient sees was approved by a licensed practitioner. The app coaches lifestyle; it never touches the prescription.
Practitioner-signed
A licensed dietitian and trainer build the plan; the prescriber signs off before the patient sees it.
Auditable by design
The Clinical Reasoning Engine works from a curated, cited clinical knowledge base — reasoning is traceable at every step, and the AI only summarizes for the practitioner to decide.
Lifestyle only
The app never recommends a medication or a dose change. Anything that looks like a dose question is routed straight to the prescriber.