Cialis Prices by Pack Size and Strength

The Cialis price at EveryDayMeds starts at £40.49 for 4 tablets, which is £10.12 per tablet. Treatment is listed from £40.49, and the final price depends on the strength and quantity your prescriber approves.

Two quite different pricing structures sit behind that headline, because tadalafil is used in two quite different ways. The low daily strengths are supplied in 28, 56 and 84 tablet quantities, sized around a month, two months and three months of continuous use. The as-needed strengths are supplied in 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32 and 64 tablet quantities, sized around how often treatment is actually used rather than around the calendar.

Tadalafil is the active ingredient in Cialis. It belongs to a group of medicines called phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors, which help blood vessels relax and widen so that blood flow to the penis improves during sexual stimulation. The medicine does not cause an erection on its own. Sexual arousal is still required for it to work.

Which strength and quantity suit you is a prescriber decision rather than a shopping one, which is why the tables below are published as information rather than as a recommendation.

Key points

• Cialis contains tadalafil and is supplied at EveryDayMeds in 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg and 15mg
• EveryDayMeds lists Cialis from £40.49. The price depends on the strength and quantity selected
• The daily strengths, 2.5mg and 5mg, come in 28, 56 and 84 tablets, priced at £80.99, £152.99 and £206.99
• The as-needed strengths come in 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32 and 64 tablets, from £40.49 to £521.99
• Cost per tablet falls from £10.12 at 4 tablets to £8.16 at 64
• The 28 tablet quantity is the lowest cost per tablet of any quantity except 64
• Tadalafil has a mean half-life of 17.5 hours, considerably longer than sildenafil
• It is contraindicated with nitrates, and quantity is always a prescriber decision
• Every strength and quantity is prescription only and follows an online consultation with UK registered prescribers

Cialis Price by Pack Size

Prices should be checked on the product page before ordering, because they can change.

As-Needed Quantities: 4 to 64 Tablets

These prices apply to the higher strengths taken before anticipated sexual activity rather than every day.

Every figure in the right hand column is the pack price divided by the number of tablets, rounded to the nearest penny. None is a promotional rate.

One line in that table is worth pausing on. The 28 tablet quantity works out at £8.36 per tablet and the 32 tablet quantity at £8.44, so the larger quantity is very slightly more expensive per tablet than the smaller one. Cost per tablet does not fall in a straight line as quantity rises, and 28 is the most efficient quantity on the list apart from 64.

From 4 tablets to 64 the per tablet price falls by about 19%, and most of that fall has happened by 24 tablets. Which quantity is appropriate for you is not a decision to make from this table. Your prescriber will determine the appropriate treatment.

Daily Quantities: 28, 56 and 84 Tablets

The low daily strengths, 2.5mg and 5mg, are priced differently because they are taken once every day rather than before activity.

The per tablet figures are much lower, but so is the strength, and a daily tablet is taken every day rather than occasionally. Comparing a daily per tablet price against an as-needed per tablet price is not a like for like comparison. What matters is the total cost over a period of time, which depends entirely on which dosing schedule you have been prescribed.

Daily dosing takes 3 to 5 days to reach full effect, because the medicine builds to a steady level in the body rather than being taken and cleared each time.

Cialis 4 Tablets: £40.49

The 4 tablet quantity costs £40.49, which is £10.12 per tablet, and it is the smallest quantity supplied.

If you have not taken tadalafil before, or you are being reviewed after a different strength, a small quantity lets you and your prescriber see how you respond without committing to a large supply. That makes it the sensible starting point rather than the expensive one, even though the per tablet figure is the highest on the list.

Cialis 8 Tablets: £76.49

The 8 tablet price is £76.49, which is £9.56 per tablet.

Moving up from 4 tablets costs £36.00 more for four more tablets, so those work out at £9.00 each, below the per tablet price at 4, which is why the average falls.

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How the Cost Per Tablet Behaves

Cost per tablet falls as quantity rises, but not evenly, and the marginal cost of each step tells you more than the headline prices do.

The Cost of Each Step Up

Two things stand out, and neither is visible in the headline prices. The step from 24 to 28 tablets is by a clear margin the most efficient single step on the list, at £6.75 per additional tablet. And the step from 28 to 32 is one of the least efficient, at £9.00 per additional tablet, which is why the per tablet average rises slightly at 32 before falling again at 64.

Bigger is therefore not proportionally better value at every step, and a quantity that looks larger is not automatically the more economical choice.

What a Larger Quantity Actually Means

The largest quantity supplied is 64 tablets at £521.99, which is £8.16 per tablet. That is the lowest per tablet figure available, but it is not a bulk buying opportunity in the retail sense. Tadalafil is a prescription only medicine, so the quantity supplied follows from a clinical assessment.

One practical point gets overlooked too. Medicines carry expiry dates, and a large quantity used infrequently may not all be used within its shelf life. Buying more than you will get through is not economic.

Cialis Strengths and Where Each One Sits

Tadalafil is used in two distinct ways, and the strength follows from which way suits you.

How Each Strength Is Used

For men using Cialis as an on-demand treatment, 10mg is often considered an appropriate starting point. Depending on how well the medicine works and how it is tolerated, the dose may later be adjusted. For those who expect sexual activity more frequently, the low daily strengths may be considered instead, allowing the medicine to remain active continuously rather than being taken only when needed.

The aim of treatment is always to find the lowest effective dose that remains appropriate for your individual circumstances. Taking a higher strength than you have been assessed for does not make treatment work better, and this medicine should only be used under the supervision of an appropriately qualified prescriber.

Why Tadalafil Behaves Differently From Sildenafil

Tadalafil is a selective, reversible inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate specific phosphodiesterase type 5, the same class as sildenafil. What separates them is how long they persist.

The mean half-life of tadalafil is 17.5 hours in people who are healthy. Sildenafil's terminal half-life is 3 to 5 hours. That single difference is why the two are used differently, and why tadalafil is described as the longer-acting option. Depending on dose and individual response, tadalafil may remain active for up to 36 hours.

A longer half-life is not a licence to take it more often. The as-needed strengths carry a maximum of one dose per day, and a longer window is not a constant one. Never take an extra tablet because the first appeared not to work, and never double up after a missed dose. If a dose does not do what you expected, that is a conversation with your prescriber.

Branded Cialis and Generic Tadalafil

Cialis is a brand name. Tadalafil is the active substance inside it, and it is also the name the generic versions are sold under. At the same strength they contain the same drug in the same amount.

That is a regulatory requirement, not a marketing claim. A UK generic must have the same active substance as the reference medicinal product, the same pharmaceutical form, and must be shown bioequivalent to it. Generic applications rest on a derogation from the requirements for a full application, and applicants may omit the results of pre-clinical tests and of clinical trials, because those were already done for the original. That is the price difference.

Neither is stronger and neither is safer. The adverse reaction profile belongs to tadalafil and applies whichever product is dispensed. What differs is the name on the box, the manufacturer, the tablet appearance, the inactive ingredients such as fillers and coatings, and the price. Your prescriber may recommend either branded Cialis tablets or a licensed tadalafil alternative depending on clinical suitability and availability.

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Buying Cialis Online in the UK

You can buy Cialis online in the UK, but only from a registered pharmacy and only after a clinical assessment.

What the Law Requires

Tadalafil is a prescription only medicine, which means supply without a prescription is not lawful regardless of how a website presents it.

That one fact resolves most of the confusion here. Any site offering tadalafil with no assessment, or shipping it from outside the UK without a UK prescription, is not operating within UK medicines law, and there is no way to verify what is in a product supplied that way.

What "Cialis For Sale" Actually Means

Phrases like "Cialis for sale" or "order Cialis" describe a purchase, but the regulated process behind it has three parts.

1. You complete an online consultation covering your medical history, current medicines and any relevant conditions
2. A UK registered prescriber reviews your answers and decides whether treatment is appropriate, and at what strength and quantity
3. If approved, the pharmacy dispenses and dispatches it

The sequence is genuine. You are not buying a product and having a form attached afterwards.

How to Check a Pharmacy Is Genuinely Registered

• A registered pharmacy displays its GPhC registration number and the superintendent pharmacist's name
• The registration can be checked on the regulator's own register rather than taken on trust
• A legitimate service refuses supply on clinical grounds; one that never refuses anyone is not assessing anything
• Prescription only medicines are not sold through marketplaces, auction sites or social media

EveryDayMeds is a GPhC registered pharmacy, registration number 9012878, operating as OVIO LTD. Treatment is supplied only after clinical assessment, and all medication is genuine and UK sourced.

Discount Codes and Comparing Cost Properly

Every price on this page is the standard price, quoted before any code or offer. That is deliberate, and it is a figure worth comparing.

Why the Standard Price Is the One to Compare

Searches for a Cialis discount code are looking for a lower number, but a code is not a property of the medicine and can be withdrawn at any time. The standard price is the one still there next month, so it is the sound basis for working out what a year of treatment costs. Anything applied at checkout on a given day sits on top of it.

Codes and time-limited offers also apply pressure to a purchase decision, and applying pressure to a prescription only medicine is not appropriate. The strength and quantity you receive should follow from a clinical assessment.

What Searches Like "Cheap Cialis" Are Really Asking

Usually one of three quite different things, and separating them helps.

Sometimes it means the lowest headline pack price, which is nearly always the smallest quantity and rarely the lowest cost per tablet. Sometimes it means the lowest cost per tablet, the figure in the second column of the tables above. And sometimes it means total cost over a year, which depends on how often treatment is used and cannot be read off a price list.

A search for "cheapest Cialis online" asks a question no pharmacy can honestly answer, because prices move and nobody can promise to be lowest at all times. What a pharmacy can do is publish the standard price clearly, per pack and per tablet, which is what the tables above do.

How to Compare Total Cost Honestly

1. Work out roughly how many tablets you would use in a month
2. Multiply by twelve for an annual quantity
3. Take the per tablet price of the quantity closest to that figure
4. Multiply per tablet price by annual quantity, then add any delivery charge
5. Repeat with the same assumptions elsewhere, comparing like with like on strength, dosing schedule and quantity

Step five is where most comparisons fall down. A per tablet price at 4 tablets and one at 64 are not comparable, a daily strength and an as-needed strength are not comparable, and setting a brand price against a generic price compares packaging rather than medicine.

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Safety Information That Applies at Every Quantity

Price does not change the safety profile. A 64 tablet quantity carries the same considerations as a 4 tablet one, and the tablets are identical.

Contraindications and Interactions

Tadalafil is contraindicated in patients receiving nitrates. It is also contraindicated in cardiac disease where exertion is inadvisable, in non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy, and after recent stroke, unstable angina, recent myocardial infarction or recent New York Heart Association class 2 or greater heart failure. Riociguat is a further absolute contraindication across this class.

Alpha blockers prescribed for the prostate, such as alfuzosin, doxazosin and tamsulosin, need prescriber assessment because both they and tadalafil lower blood pressure. Declare every medicine you take at consultation.

Who May Require Additional Assessment

Additional review does not automatically mean treatment will be unsuitable. It simply helps ensure prescribing decisions are made safely. It may apply to men with significant liver disease, kidney disease, uncontrolled or low blood pressure, a recent history of stroke or heart attack, anatomical changes affecting the penis, or blood disorders that may increase the risk of prolonged erections.

Common and Less Common Side Effects

Commonly reported side effects include headache, facial flushing, indigestion, nasal congestion, back pain, muscle aches and dizziness. These are generally mild to moderate, often temporary, and may improve as the body becomes accustomed to treatment.

Less commonly reported effects include reflux symptoms, stomach discomfort, changes in blood pressure, awareness of an increased heart rate, tiredness, swelling of the eyelids, blurred vision and skin rash. If side effects become troublesome or persistent, seek medical advice.

Adverse Effects Reported in Trials

The figures below come from a 12-week trial of tadalafil 5mg daily in 212 men with lower urinary tract symptoms. They relate to that strength, that duration and that group.

In that trial 30.7%, 65 of 212, reported one or more treatment-emergent adverse event, 5.7% discontinued because of one, and 0.5%, a single participant, reported a serious adverse event. A 1-year extension in 427 men found 57.6% reported one or more over the longer period, most mild at 44% or moderate at 45%, with serious events in 4.7%.

Results vary between individuals, and none of these figures predicts what any one person will experience.

When to Seek Urgent Help

• An erection lasting more than 4 hours needs immediate medical attention
• Sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes, or sudden loss or reduction of hearing, means stopping treatment and being seen urgently
• Chest pain during or after use is an emergency, and you must tell whoever treats you that you have taken tadalafil, because nitrates must not be given
• Fainting or collapse needs assessment

Directions for Use

Always take Cialis exactly as prescribed. The schedule depends on whether you have been prescribed daily treatment or treatment to take when needed.

If Taking It When Needed

Take one tablet before anticipated sexual activity, following the timing instructions your prescriber gives you. Do not take more than one dose within the period advised. Sexual stimulation is still required for the medicine to work.

If Taking a Daily Strength

Take one tablet at approximately the same time each day and try to establish a consistent routine. Do not take additional tadalafil-containing medicines unless specifically advised.

Food, Alcohol and Missed Doses

Tablets can generally be taken with or without food, and unlike some erectile dysfunction treatments tadalafil is not usually significantly affected by meals. Excessive alcohol can increase the likelihood of side effects and may worsen symptoms.

For a missed daily dose, take it when you remember if it is still close to your usual time, and skip it if the next dose is nearly due. Never take a double dose to make up for a missed one.

Storage and Disposal

Keep tablets in their original packaging, store below the temperature stated on the patient information leaflet, keep them out of the sight and reach of children, and do not use them after the expiry date printed on the packaging. Unused or expired tablets should be returned to a pharmacy for safe disposal.

Why Lifestyle Still Matters

Medicines can play an important role in managing erectile dysfunction, but many of the factors that affect erections also affect heart and blood vessel health.

Regular exercise supports circulation and weight management. Excess weight raises the risk of conditions linked to erectile dysfunction. Smoking damages blood vessels and reduces healthy blood flow. Excessive alcohol can contribute to erection difficulties and reduce the effectiveness of treatment. Poor sleep affects hormone and energy levels, and work pressures, anxiety and relationship concerns can all influence sexual performance.

Lifestyle changes alone may not resolve erectile dysfunction for everyone, but they can form an important part of a comprehensive approach.

Getting Assessed and What Happens Next

Every strength and quantity on this page follows the same route, and the price only becomes relevant once a prescriber has decided treatment is appropriate. An online consultation with UK registered prescribers at EveryDayMeds covers the licensed Cialis tablets.

The assessment covers your medical history, current medicines, blood pressure and heart health, and anything you have tried before. Answer it accurately. A prescriber can only assess what you tell them, and an incomplete answer about nitrates or a heart condition is the one thing on this page that can genuinely cause harm.

Prices shown are standard prices and may change. Medication is dispatched from the UK once a prescription has been issued.

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