How to Get Mounjaro in India: The Legal Route, Step by Step

You get Mounjaro in India in two moves: a registered doctor assesses you and writes a prescription, then a licensed pharmacy or a doctor-led programme supplies the pen and keeps it cold on the way to you. Mounjaro is a Schedule H, prescription-only medicine, so there is no legal shortcut around the doctor, and you should not want one.

The good news is that the doctor step can happen on a video call from home, and at ALTRcare it costs nothing. Here is the whole route, what the doctor will ask, what to keep ready, and how long it takes to reach your first dose.

Step 1: Book a consultation with a registered doctor

Any MBBS doctor can legally prescribe tirzepatide, but you are better served by someone who prescribes it often: an endocrinologist, a diabetologist or an internal medicine specialist. They know how to screen you, how to step the dose and how to handle the nausea weeks.

You have two ways to do this. Visit a specialist in person (typically ₹800 to ₹1,500 per visit in metros), or book a free online doctor consultation with ALTRcare. Online prescriptions are fully legal in India when a doctor actually assesses you; our guide on whether an online GLP-1 prescription is legal explains the rules.

Step 2: What the doctor checks

A proper Mounjaro consultation is not a formality. Expect the doctor to go through:

• Your weight, height and waist, to work out BMI and whether you meet the eligibility bar.
• Conditions that rule it out: a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or MEN 2, pregnancy or planning a pregnancy, or a known allergy to tirzepatide.
• Conditions that need caution: past pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, severe stomach or bowel disease, and diabetic retinopathy.
• Your current medicines, especially diabetes medicines that can cause low sugar, and oral contraceptives (these can be less reliable for 4 weeks after starting and after each dose increase, so a backup method is advised).
• Your goals and your routine: what you eat, how you move, and whether a weekly injection fits your life.

If the doctor thinks medication is not right for you, a good doctor says so plainly. That answer is worth having too. The full list is in who should not take Mounjaro.

Step 3: What to keep ready

• Your current weight (a home scale reading is fine) and height.
• Any recent blood reports you already have: HbA1c or fasting sugar, thyroid (TSH), lipid profile, liver and kidney function. Do not delay the consult to get new ones; the doctor will tell you what is needed.
• A list of the medicines and supplements you take, with doses.
• Past medical history: surgeries, gallstones, pancreatitis, thyroid problems, PCOS, diabetes.
• For women: whether you are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning a pregnancy.

Step 4: Fill the prescription

Once you have a valid prescription, you can take it to a retail chemist, an online pharmacy, a hospital pharmacy, or get the medicine through a doctor-led programme that dispenses via a licensed pharmacy partner. We compare these channels in where to buy Mounjaro in India.

Mounjaro and Yurpeak are the same Eli Lilly tirzepatide in the same KwikPen at the same MRP, so a tirzepatide prescription can be filled with either. Details in Yurpeak vs Mounjaro.

Step 5: Keep it cold

Tirzepatide must be refrigerated until you start using the pen. If it is delivered, it should arrive in an insulated box with ice packs and feel cold. At home, store it in the fridge (not the freezer). If a seller ships it in an ordinary courier bag, refuse it.

Timeline: from consult to first dose

1. 1Day 0: Free assessment and a call from a health coach to note your details.
2. 2Consult day: Video consultation with the doctor. If tirzepatide is right for you, the prescription is issued after the call.
3. 3Dispatch: The pharmacy ships the pen cold chain. Delivery time depends on your pincode.
4. 4First dose: Pick a fixed day of the week and inject 2.5 mg. Repeat weekly for 4 weeks.
5. 5Week 4 onwards: Doctor review, then usually a step up to 5 mg. Further steps of 2.5 mg come no sooner than every 4 weeks, up to 15 mg if needed. See the tirzepatide dose chart.

The simplest route: one doctor-led plan

Doing it yourself means a doctor fee at every dose step and a new pen each month. At the usual 2.5 → 5 → 7.5 mg ladder, the medicine alone is ₹50,156 at MRP for three months, before consultation fees.

ALTRcare's tirzepatide 3-month plan is ₹34,999 (₹11,666 a month). It covers all three doses, 3 doctor consultations timed to each dose step, a nutritionist and personalised Indian diet plan, WhatsApp support for side effects, cold-chain home delivery, and GST. One price even if your doctor keeps you at 5 mg in month 3. The medicine ships only after the doctor prescribes, and the plan amount is refunded in full if the doctor says no.

Your doctor will be one of four senior specialists: Dr. Mujeeb Afzal (MD, DM Endocrinology), Dr. (Major) Bhavesh Talera (MD, MRCP (UK), FRCP, internal medicine), Dr. Archana Rathi (diabetologist, ex-Registrar Bombay Hospital, PCOS and women's health) and Dr. Snigdha Sehgal (MD Internal Medicine). Prices are on the page before you talk to anyone, and there is no sales team.

Mounjaro® is a registered trademark of Eli Lilly and Company. Yurpeak® is marketed in India by Cipla. ALTRcare is not affiliated with either company.