Strength & Format Selection
Pack Sizes and Price-Per-Tablet: Reading the Actual Math
Every price on this site is a range. Here's why, and how to figure out what you're really paying per tablet.
Look at any row in the comparison table and you'll see a starting price, not a fixed one — Sildatron-100 lists from $27.60, Megalis 20 from $56.00, Sildatron D from $140.00. Those aren't different prices for the same thing; they're the low end of a pack-size range. Here's how that works.
Why a range instead of one number
Generic pharmacies typically sell the same product in multiple pack sizes — a small trial-sized pack and progressively larger bulk packs. The listed price range spans from the smallest pack (highest price per tablet, lowest total cost) to the largest pack (lowest price per tablet, highest total cost). We show the starting price on the comparison table because it's the true floor — what you'd pay for the smallest available order — but it's not the best per-tablet value.
The math, worked through generically
Illustrative example — not real catalog pricing
To make the relationship concrete: imagine a product priced at $30 for a 4-tablet pack and $200 for a 40-tablet pack. The small pack costs $7.50 per tablet. The large pack costs $5.00 per tablet — 33% cheaper per unit, but nearly 7x the total spend. Neither number is "the price" of the product; they're two different trade-offs between unit cost and total commitment.
| Pack (illustrative) | Total | Per-Tablet | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | $30 | $7.50 | Low commitment, higher unit cost |
| Large | $200 | $5.00 | Lower unit cost, higher total spend |
How to actually do this on a real product page
- Open the product page and find the pack-size selector — it'll show total price at each size
- Divide total price by tablet count for each option to get a true per-tablet number
- Compare that per-tablet number across pack sizes, not the total prices
- Weigh that against how much you actually want to commit to before knowing if the product works for you — see our first-order guide if this is a new product for you
Per-tablet cost, not total price and not the "starting from" figure on the comparison table. That figure is a floor for comparing products against each other — the pack-size decision is a separate calculation you make on the actual product page.
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