How Much Does Sildenafil 50mg Cost? Prices by Pack and Pharmacy

• Generic sildenafil 50mg starts at £3.99 for 4 tablets at EveryDayMeds, which is £1.00 per tablet
• The 16 tablet box is £14.49 and the 32 tablet box is £26.99, working out at £0.91 and £0.84 per tablet
• Cost per tablet does not fall steadily as box size rises, so the largest box is not automatically the strongest value
• All figures are standard prices, quoted before any code, with no separate delivery charge on standard orders

Sildenafil 50mg tablets are available at different prices depending on the pack size. The smallest pack currently listed is 4 tablets.

The price looks simple at first, but pack sizes can work out differently when you compare the cost per tablet.

This page gives the sildenafil cost at every box size, works out what a month actually comes to, compares the generic price against the branded version, and explains what to check before assuming one price is better than another. Results vary between individuals.

Sildenafil is commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction. It helps increase blood flow to the penis during sexual stimulation, so sexual arousal is still needed for it to work.

Before you take sildenafil, any other medicines you are taking matter, because interactions can occur. This is particularly important with nitrate medicines and with certain heart conditions. People with certain heart or blood-pressure problems, sickle cell anaemia, multiple myeloma, leukaemia, a stomach ulcer or other relevant medical conditions should discuss these with a doctor or pharmacist before taking sildenafil.

Sildenafil is supplied through a regulated UK pharmacy after a clinical assessment by a UK registered prescriber. That assessment does not remove the risk of side effects, but it does check whether the medicine is appropriate for you before it is supplied.

Food affects the medicine rather than the price. When sildenafil is taken with food, the rate of absorption is reduced, with a mean delay in peak concentration of around 60 minutes and a mean reduction in peak concentration of around 29 per cent. The product information also advises against taking it with grapefruit or grapefruit juice, because this can affect how the medicine works.

Other erectile dysfunction treatments are available, including tadalafil and vardenafil. Which one suits you is a clinical decision. Treatment suitability depends on an individual clinical assessment.

Every figure on this page is a standard private price from a UK registered pharmacy, covering private supply only.

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Key things to know

• Sildenafil for erectile dysfunction is mostly supplied as a prescription medicine, although Viagra Connect 50mg is available from pharmacies after a pharmacist consultation.
• Generic sildenafil and branded Viagra contain the same active ingredient, sildenafil citrate.
• Prices at EveryDayMeds run from £3.99 for 4 tablets to £46.49 for 48.
• Cost per tablet ranges from £0.84 to £1.08 across the range.
• The 32 tablet box costs less in total than the 28 tablet box.
• There is no separate delivery charge on standard orders.
• No subscription or auto-refill option is offered.
• Every figure here is a standard price, not a promotional one.

Sildenafil 50mg tablets price at every box size

Sildenafil 50mg price per box runs from £3.99 to £46.49. The per tablet figure is calculated from each box price.

Current box prices are shown on the sildenafil tablets product page.

Sildenafil 50mg starting price UK

The sildenafil 50mg starting price at EveryDayMeds is £3.59 for a box of 4 tablets, which is £0.90 per tablet.

That is the entry point rather than the strongest rate. Two larger boxes work out lower per tablet, and one of them is covered below.

Sildenafil 50mg 16 tablets price

The sildenafil 50mg 16 tablets price is £13.04, which is £0.82 per tablet.

That is a better rate than the 4, 8, 12, 20, 24 and 28 tablet boxes. It is the second strongest per tablet figure in the range.

Sildenafil 50mg 32 tablets price

The sildenafil 50mg 32 tablets price is £24.29, which is £0.76 per tablet. That is the smallest per tablet figure across the whole range.

It is also the row that surprises people, for a reason covered in the next section.

The 32 tablet box costs less than the 28

At 50mg, 32 tablets is £24.29 while 28 tablets is £27.99. Four more tablets for a pound less in total.

Why that matters

This is not a rounding artefact. It is a straight comparison of two live box prices, and it means the 28 tablet box is the weakest value in the range on both measures at once.

Anyone choosing between those two boxes on price alone would take the 32.

The 12 tablet box is the other outlier

At £11.69 for 12 tablets, the sildenafil 50mg price per box works out at £0.97 per tablet. That is the largest rate in the range, and it is worse per tablet than the 4 tablet box.

The rule this produces

Compare the price divided by tablets, not the headline box price. Volume does not reliably buy a better rate here.

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Sildenafil and erectile function

Sildenafil helps improve erectile function by increasing blood flow to the penis during sexual stimulation. It works by inhibiting PDE5, which helps maintain the signals involved in producing erection.

Sildenafil does not cause an erection without sexual stimulation. You still need to be sexually aroused for it to work.

Sildenafil alternatives and other treatments

For those who cannot take sildenafil, or who find it does not suit them, alternatives exist. These include tadalafil, which generally has a longer duration of action, along with vardenafil and avanafil. Non-medicine options are also used in some cases.

Which of these is appropriate is a clinical decision rather than a price decision. The full range is listed on the erectile dysfunction treatments page. Your prescriber will determine the appropriate treatment.

Safety considerations and heart health

Before starting sildenafil, any history of heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular conditions needs to be disclosed at the consultation.

Sildenafil must never be taken alongside nitrate medicines or nitric oxide donors, because the combination can cause a dangerous fall in blood pressure. It also may not be suitable for people with certain serious cardiovascular conditions, including recent heart attack or stroke, unstable angina or severe heart failure. Suitability should be assessed by a healthcare professional.

This medicine should only be used under the supervision of an appropriately qualified prescriber.

How sildenafil is taken

Sildenafil is taken as needed rather than on a fixed schedule, so there is no daily routine to keep to and no missed dose to make up.

Do not take sildenafil more than once in a 24-hour period, and never take two tablets of a lower strength to make up a higher one. Follow the strength and quantity on your dispensing label and the instructions in the patient information leaflet supplied with your pack.

Buying from a registered pharmacy

Sildenafil for erectile dysfunction is generally supplied as a prescription medicine in the UK, although Viagra Connect 50mg is available from pharmacies following a pharmacist consultation. It is supplied after a clinical assessment by a UK registered prescriber, whether that assessment happens in person or through an online consultation.

There is one branded pharmacy product that was reclassified so it can be sold from a pharmacy after a pharmacist consultation. That is a specific licensed product under its own arrangements, and it does not make sildenafil generally available without an assessment.

Several manufacturers produce generic sildenafil, which is why prices vary between suppliers while all of them meet the same UK safety and quality standards. Buying from a properly registered pharmacy provides a regulated route for obtaining the medicine.

Sildenafil 50mg bulk buy price

Buying a bigger box does not always reduce the sildenafil cost per tablet. The pattern is uneven rather than a smooth curve.

The largest box does not give the smallest rate

At 48 tablets the sildenafil 50mg bulk buy price is £46.49, or £0.97 per tablet. The 32 tablet box beats it by 13p a tablet.

A caution on bulk

How many tablets you are supplied follows from the clinical assessment rather than from a price table. Your prescriber will determine the appropriate treatment, including quantity.

Buying a large box is not a decision you make independently of that. Treatment suitability depends on an individual clinical assessment.

Sildenafil 50mg monthly cost

There is no single monthly figure, because sildenafil is taken only when needed rather than daily. Your sildenafil 50mg monthly cost is set by how often you use it.

Monthly cost by usage

A worked example worth knowing

At 16 occasions a month, buying the 16 tablet box every month costs £13.04 a month.

Buying the 32 tablet box every two months costs £24.29, which works out at £12.15 a month. At that usage level, the larger pack works out cheaper per month, assuming that quantity has been prescribed for you.

The limit on that arithmetic

That only works if a prescriber has authorised a 32 tablet quantity for you. It is a comparison, not a purchasing instruction, and quantity is a clinical decision.

Sildenafil 50mg cost over twelve months

If you use sildenafil regularly, comparing the total annual cost can give a clearer picture than looking at one pack in isolation.

Based on the current pack prices, twelve months works out as follows.

Two useful comparisons from these figures

At 48 tablets a year, a 32 box plus a 16 box costs £37.33. A single 48 tablet box costs £41.84, so the split purchase is £4.51 less for the same number of tablets.

At 96 tablets a year, three 32 boxes cost £72.87, while two 48 boxes cost £83.68. That is £10.81 less across the year for the same quantity.

Both are arithmetic from the pack prices above rather than an offer, and both assume a prescriber has authorised those quantities.

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Sildenafil 50mg price against the other strengths

Sildenafil products for erectile dysfunction are available in 25mg, 50mg and 100mg strengths, although prices can vary by pack size and supplier.

What that table shows

At most box sizes, 25mg and 50mg carry the same price. At 48 tablets, all three strengths cost the same.

At 32 tablets, 50mg at £26.99 is priced below both 25mg at £32.99 and 100mg at £29.99.

Why that is not a reason to change strength

Which strength suits you is a clinical decision, not a pricing decision. A lower price for one strength does not mean it is more suitable for you.

If a prescriber has determined a strength for you, stick to that strength. Never take two tablets of a lower strength to make a higher one.

Sildenafil 50mg brand vs generic price

Generic sildenafil and the branded version contain the same active ingredient at the same dose. The price difference is large.

At the 4 tablet box, the branded product costs about 7.3 times as much per tablet. That multiple is calculated from the two standard prices shown. There is a fuller breakdown on the Viagra cost per tablet guide.

One limitation on this comparison

The branded product is stocked here at 25mg only, so a like for like sildenafil 50mg brand vs generic price comparison cannot be drawn from these listings. The 25mg figures are shown because they are the only ones that exist here.

Sildenafil 50mg generic price UK

The sildenafil 50mg generic price is what every figure on this page describes. A generic version must contain the same active ingredient as the branded original, in the same form, and must be shown bioequivalent to it.

What differs is the name, the manufacturer, the tablet's appearance, the inactive ingredients and the price. The generic form is not a lesser product.

Sildenafil 50mg pharmacy price UK

Sildenafil 50mg pharmacy price varies between registered pharmacies, and no single figure applies across the country.

Why prices differ between pharmacies

Each pharmacy sets its own price for a generic medicine. There is no fixed national price, so the same box can cost different amounts in different places.

That is normal for a generic, and it is why comparing per tablet rather than per box is the only comparison that means anything.

On searches for the cheapest pharmacy

Searches for sildenafil 50mg cheapest pharmacy uk are looking for a ranking that nobody can honestly publish.

No supplier can verify that claim across every pharmacy in the country at any moment, and any site asserting it has not checked. What a pharmacy can do is publish its standard prices per tablet and let you compare, which is what the tables above are for.

Sildenafil 50mg cost with prescription

With a prescription you pay the pharmacy's price for the medicine. At EveryDayMeds that is the figures in the table above, and the clinical assessment is part of the ordering process rather than a separate line on the bill.

What the price does and does not include

• Included: the medicine, the patient information leaflet, the dispensing label, and standard delivery
• Not a separate charge: delivery on standard orders
• Not applicable: any insurance element, which is covered below

Sildenafil 50mg cost without insurance

In the UK, private supply of sildenafil is paid for directly. Insurance is not part of how this works, so sildenafil 50mg cost without insurance is simply the price of the box.

Searches phrased this way usually come from health systems where medicines are claimed against a policy. In the UK you are looking at the price on the page and nothing else.

Sildenafil 50mg subscription price

EveryDayMeds does not offer a subscription, auto-refill or recurring order for sildenafil. Each supply follows its own prescriber decision.

Why a subscription is unusual for this medicine

A prescription medicine cannot simply be sent out indefinitely on an automatic repeat. Each new supply still needs to be clinically appropriate. For a prescription medicine the assessment is the point, and things change between orders: a new medicine, a blood pressure reading, a new symptom.

A further supply is therefore a fresh clinical decision rather than a renewal. That is slower than a subscription and it is the reason the model does not apply.

What that means for cost

There is no subscription discount to factor in. The sildenafil 50mg subscription price question resolves to the standard box prices already listed.

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Sildenafil 50mg discount code

Every price on this page is a standard price, quoted before any code or offer.

Why this page quotes standard prices

Promotional prices change, expire and vary. A page quoting them tells you what somebody paid once rather than what the medicine costs.

If a code applies at checkout, it reduces these figures. It does not replace them, and the standard price remains the honest basis for any comparison.

How to compare when a code is involved

1. Note the standard box price
2. Divide by the number of tablets
3. Apply any code to that figure afterwards
4. Compare the result against another standard price treated the same way

For a fair comparison, use standard prices for both suppliers or apply discounts consistently.

Sildenafil 50mg price increase

No price history is published for these boxes, so this page does not claim one. Instead, it shows the current listed prices and explains why generic medicine prices can change.

What can change a generic price

• The number of manufacturers supplying the market at a given time
• Wholesale availability and supply pressures
• Each pharmacy's own pricing decisions, which are not fixed nationally

What to do about it

Check the live figure on the box you are actually being supplied. Prices are standard prices at the time of writing and may change, and any page quoting a price is a snapshot.

If a price looks different from what you remember, that is more likely to be a normal generic price movement than an error.

What else changes what you pay

Four things determine the total, and only one is the box price.

Generic or branded

The largest single difference, as the comparison above shows.

Box size arithmetic

Covered above, and the reason the 32 and 16 tablet boxes are worth knowing about.

Whether delivery is charged separately

A low tablet price with a delivery charge on top is not the figure you pay. At EveryDayMeds there is no separate charge for delivery on standard orders.

Whether the supply is lawful

A price far below the market from a seller that does not assess you is not a saving. MHRA guidance is direct: "Buying medicines from unverified sources, online or elsewhere, means there is no guarantee that the products are safe or effective."

Buying sildenafil 50mg at these prices

You can buy sildenafil in the UK from a regulated pharmacy, after a clinical assessment.

How ordering works

1. Complete an online consultation with UK registered prescribers covering your medical history, current medicines, blood pressure and heart health
2. A UK registered prescriber reviews it and decides whether treatment is appropriate, and at which strength and quantity
3. If approved, the pharmacy dispenses and dispatches, with a patient information leaflet and a dispensing label

Checking the pharmacy is registered

• EveryDayMeds is a GPhC registered distance selling pharmacy, registration 9012878, operated by OVIO Ltd of 109 Coleman Road, Leicester, LE5 4LE
• That number can be checked on the regulator's own register rather than taken on trust
• A registered pharmacy assesses before it supplies, and is able to decline

Before price decides anything

Cost is a reasonable basis for choosing a box size once a prescriber has told you what you are being supplied. It is not a basis for choosing a strength.

The safety points that sit above price

• Never take more than one tablet in any 24 hour period
• Never take two tablets of a lower strength to make a higher one
• Sildenafil must never be combined with nitrates, nitric oxide donors or riociguat
• Stay with the prescribed dose you were given

The documented cautions are set out in full in our guide to what to avoid when taking sildenafil.

When to seek help urgently

• An erection lasting longer than 4 hours needs immediate medical attention
• Sudden loss of vision, or a sudden decrease or loss of hearing
• Chest pain during or after use, which is an emergency
• Fainting or collapse

This medicine should only be used under the supervision of an appropriately qualified prescriber.

Medical Disclaimer

This article is for general information only and is not medical advice. It does not replace an assessment by a qualified healthcare professional. Treatment suitability depends on an individual clinical assessment. Your prescriber will determine the appropriate treatment. This medicine should only be used under the supervision of an appropriately qualified prescriber. Results vary between individuals.

Nothing here instructs you to take a particular strength, quantity or frequency, or to change an existing regimen, and there is no dose escalation plan on this page. The guidance here does not replace the instructions on your dispensing label or in the patient information leaflet supplied with your pack, and where they differ you should follow your prescriber and your leaflet.

Sildenafil is a prescription medicine in the UK. Any supply without an assessment, outside the single reclassified pharmacy product that is sold from pharmacies after a pharmacist consultation, is unlawful, and nothing on this page is a route to obtaining it without one.

Prices quoted are standard prices at the time of writing, taken from live product listings, shown per box and per tablet, and calculated from the box price. They are not promotional, discounted or first order prices, and prices may change. The branded comparison covers 25mg only, because that is the strength stocked, and no comparison at 50mg can be drawn from it. No price history is published or claimed. Delivery arrangements and registration details are as published at the time of writing and are subject to change.

Do not start, stop or change the strength or frequency of any prescribed medicine because of this page. Never take more than one tablet in any 24 hour period, and never take two tablets of a lower strength to make a higher one. Never combine sildenafil with a nitrate, a nitric oxide donor or riociguat. Suspected side effects and suspected fake or defective medicines can be reported through the MHRA Yellow Card scheme. Seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting longer than 4 hours, chest pain, fainting, or sudden loss of vision or hearing.