Online Doctor SA
Online Consultation + PrescriptionHow It Works
Online Doctor SA is a general telehealth platform — weight management is one category among many (general health, women's and men's health, skin, sexual health, lab tests). The steps below cover their weight-management consultation specifically, as described on onlinedoctorsa.co.za.
Complete the weight-management questionnaire
Demographics, medical history, height/weight/BMI, health-screening questions, and — per their form — a photo of your bare arms, abdomen and thighs, plus blood pressure and glucose readings.
Pay the consultation fee
R350 for a weight-management script, per their Wegovy/Ozempic/tirzepatide product pages. Their general FAQ separately quotes R250 for standard chronic/acute prescriptions, so confirm the exact fee for your case before paying.
Doctor review
An HPCSA-registered South African doctor reviews your submission, including the clinical photos and readings.
Prescription emailed
"Express" scripts within a few minutes, standard scripts within 24 hours, per their site.
Collect from any pharmacy
Medicine cost is separate from the consultation fee. Their site states most pharmacies offer free delivery of the medicine itself — that's the pharmacy's offer, not a courier service run by Online Doctor SA.
What's Actually Available Through Them
Online Doctor SA offers weight-management scripts for several GLP-1 and related medicines — with one notable gap.
They also offer consultations for Liraglutide (Saxenda/Victoza) and Orlistat under the same model — outside the semaglutide products we track in our main comparison table.