GLP‑1 patient recruitment and insights, from people who choose to share.

Pharma, telehealth, food, and research teams hear directly from people on GLP‑1 medications through study recruitment and insight reports, shared only by Cozy Butter members who choose to take part and get paid for their time.

A 30-minute call to see if we’re a match.

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Illustrative data

How are you managing nausea and other GI side effects?

  • Still looking for something that works41%
  • Over-the-counter remedies27%
  • Diet changes on my own20%
  • Something my prescriber recommended12%
41%are still looking for relief that works
What it means for your team

Side-effect relief brands have an eager audience, and we can ask exactly what they’ve tried and what they’d buy next.

About

The Butter Place creates the kind of care and support the healthcare system doesn’t, so people on GLP‑1s can learn, grow, and heal, and even earn money from studies that helps pay for their medication.

Three things under one roof
  • The community. Cozy Butter, where patients find support and connection.
  • The insights. Opt-in research that connects brands with what patients need.
  • The founders. Kim and Amanda, as advocates, consultants, and voices in the space.
Kim Carlos and Amanda Bonello at ObesityWeek

Kim Carlos

Cofounder · host of The Plus SideZ

Top 1% podcast worldwide, with advocacy covered by Good Morning America and Bloomberg.

“We are trying to give more to our community than we take, and still support our families. There is no cure for obesity, so we’ll need community forever.”

Amanda Bonello

Cofounder · host of GLP-1 Studio

Founder of GLP‑1 Nation, with access advocacy covered by The New York Times and Reuters.

“Cozy Butter is a solution built around the patient, not the platform.”
200K+Combined founder and Cozy Butter audience
740+Community members since launch
~150New members each week
5+Lives and group events a week

From a gap in care to an ecosystem that gives back

Most companies take from patient communities. We built one that gives back, and that’s The Butter Way.

Where it started

Patients get a prescription and little else

Busy PCPs rarely have time for the stalls, the plateaus, or the food noise coming back, so people turn to social media, where the algorithm pushes extremes and they blame themselves when their results don’t match.

  • Little guidance between visits
  • Advice skewed to extremes
  • Comparison and self-blame

Who we help, and how

Pick your team to see how we help.

What pharma teams come to us for

Recruit the right patients for a study, or learn what keeps people on treatment and what makes them stop.

How we help
  • Study recruitment by medication, time on treatment, age, state, and condition
  • Insight reports on what keeps people on treatment
  • Anonymous studies when your client needs to stay private
Talk to us about your pharma project

One place, three ways to work with us

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Patient insights and recruitment

Real patient perspectives. Meaningful insights. Purposeful progress. Including participant recruitment for research and studies.

  • GLP‑1 patient recruitment for your studies
  • Insight reports from our opt-in panel
  • Home and in-person product testing
  • Custom surveys, quoted per project
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Understanding the community

Guidance for teams who want to understand what people on GLP‑1s need and want, from founders who hear it every day. It always starts with a conversation.

  • Briefings on community needs and wants
  • Feedback on patient-facing materials
  • Speaking and team workshops
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Cozy Butter

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Community

A warm, supportive community for everyone on a GLP‑1 and metabolic health journey. Home of Cozy Butter and the source of everything we do.

  • Daily GLP‑1 news and coaching guides
  • Group fitness, coaching, and livestreams
  • Private, off social media
Visit Cozy Butter

Opt-in consent

Members opt in to Cozy Insiders and pick each study they join.

Paid participation

Every participant gets paid for their time.

No data for sale

We never sell patient data or share contact lists.

Not medical advice

We share patient perspective and leave clinical decisions to practitioners.

Frequently asked questions

Answers about GLP‑1 patient recruitment, insight reports, pricing, and how our opt-in research panel works.

Still have a question? Ask us on a discovery call
What does The Butter Place do?

The Butter Place helps pharma, biotech, telehealth, food and beverage, and research teams understand people on GLP‑1 medications. We recruit patients from our Cozy Butter community for your studies, publish insight reports from our own opt-in surveys, and run custom surveys and product tests, always with members who choose to take part and get paid for their time.

How do you recruit GLP‑1 patients for studies?

You send us your screener, and we invite Cozy Insiders who match your criteria, such as medication, time on treatment, age range, state, or conditions like type 2 diabetes or sleep apnea. Members sign up through your screener, so we never share contact lists, and you only pay for participants who complete your study.

Who is in the Cozy Insiders research panel?

US adults at every stage of the GLP‑1 journey: curious, just starting, in the middle, maintaining, coming off, or already off it. Many are living with obesity and related chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and sleep apnea. Plus people supporting a loved one on a GLP‑1.

What types of studies can you recruit for?

Surveys, one-on-one interviews, focus groups, diary studies, and home product tests. We also run in-person product testing at Cozy Butter meetups and events, where members try your product and share feedback on the spot.

How much does GLP‑1 patient recruitment cost?

Recruitment costs $300 per completed participant, plus a $500 coordination fee for studies over ten participants. You pay participant incentives directly, and we bill half of your target at kickoff and the rest within 15 days after the study ends. Our rate card lists full pricing for research and sponsorship.

Do you sell patient data?

No. We never sell patient data or share contact lists, and we share insights only from members who opt in and get paid for their time.

How is consent handled?

Members opt in to Cozy Insiders, then choose each study they join. Consent runs through your own screener and forms, so your team keeps control of the process from start to finish.

Can our company or client stay anonymous?

Yes. For recruitment, your client’s name stays private unless you share it. For surveys and product testing, members learn what kind of company you are, you get findings that don’t identify anyone, and participant payments go through us.

Who reports side effects during a study?

You do, under your own process, since your team runs the sessions.

How is Cozy Butter different from other patient panels?

Cozy Butter is an active community founded by two internationally recognized obesity care advocates, not a list of survey takers. Members show up daily for support between doctor visits, so they answer with context and candor, and everything we do focuses on GLP‑1 and metabolic health.

Do you provide medical advice?

No. Cozy Butter is a community, not a medical provider, and our work gives organizations patient perspective rather than clinical guidance.

Tell us who you need to hear from. We’ll tell you if we can reach them.

Book a partner discovery call and leave knowing whether Cozy Butter is the right fit for your study or project.

Book a partner discovery call
30 minutes with Kim and AmandaFree, with no obligation
Share your goal

What you want to learn and which patients you need.

Get a straight answer

Whether our panel can reach them, and how fast.

Leave with next steps

A recommended approach and pricing.

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