The problem we're solving
There are more supplements than ever and no one organizing the chaos. Pharmacy shelves are packed with the same ingredient in ten forms, dosing that's all over the place, and nothing that accounts for who you are. A 28-year-old vegetarian losing hair needs a totally different stack than a 55-year-old man on statins, but both walk out with the same multivitamin.
Online quizzes are worse. They're built to sell you something, so they skip the questions that matter: your meds, your conditions, the things that decide whether a supplement actually helps.
What we do differently
Urstak is built around a simple inversion: instead of starting with what we want to sell, we start with what your body is telling us. Symptoms first. Lifestyle second. Safety third. Recommendations last.
"If you're going to spend money on supplements, you deserve to know exactly which ones, when to take them, and why. Backed by something more rigorous than a TikTok video."
Every recommendation in Urstak comes from a structured scoring engine that weights your specific responses against 290 evidence-based rules, 234 symptom-supplement mappings, and 54 known interactions. No supplement makes it into your stack until it has cleared safety filters for your medications and conditions.
The person behind it
Urstak was built by Dr. Marwa Djamai, a registered pharmacist who spent years answering the same questions in clinic: "Should I take this with my thyroid medication? Is iron safe with my blood pressure pills? Does coffee really block my supplements?"
The answers existed. They just required time, training, and access to a pharmacist. Urstak's mission is to put that level of personalized guidance in everyone's hands, not just those who happen to know one.
What we stand for
Safety over sales
We filter out unsafe options before they reach you. If a supplement could harm you given your meds or conditions, you'll never see it. Even if it would help with your symptoms.
Ingredients, not brands
We recommend by active ingredient and form (e.g., Iron Bisglycinate 25mg), not by brand. We don't earn affiliate revenue when you buy. Period.
Transparency by default
Every scoring rule, every interaction we flag, every reason we recommend something is visible to you. The methodology page exists so nothing is a black box.
Doctor, not replaced
Urstak helps you understand your body. It does not replace medical care. When the data suggests something serious, we tell you to see a doctor, and we mean it.
Where we're going
What you see today is the foundation: pharmacist-built quiz, personalized stacks, safety screening, daily schedules. Coming next: a deeper articles section on micronutrient science, integration with at-home lab tests, and a tool to compare your stack changes over time as your body shifts.
We're building this carefully, not quickly. Every feature gets the same treatment as the recommendations themselves: does this actually help, or are we just adding noise?