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Product Comparison

Sildenafil (Viagra) vs Tadalafil (Cialis)

Viagra (Sildenafil, 4h) versus Cialis (Tadalafil, 36h). Fast onset versus long half-life.

Sildenafil (Viagra) vial Sexual Health

Sildenafil (Viagra)

Form
Tab
Sizes
100mg × 100 Tabs, 100mg × 24 Tabs, 100mg × 10 Tabs, 100mg × 4 Tabs, 160mg × 100 Tabs, 120mg × 5 Tabs, 160mg × 4 Tabs, 50mg × 100 Tabs
Price (per bottle)
30 - 210 EUR
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Tadalafil (Cialis) vial Sexual Health

Tadalafil (Cialis)

Form
Tab
Sizes
20mg × 100 Tabs, 80mg × 10 Tabs, 5mg × 100 Tabs, 60mg × 10 Tabs, 10mg × 100 Tabs
Price (per bottle)
45 - 130 EUR
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By the numbers

Number of sizes Sildenafil (Viagra): 8 Tadalafil (Cialis): 5
Smallest size Sildenafil (Viagra): 50 mg Tadalafil (Cialis): 5 mg
Largest size Sildenafil (Viagra): 160 mg Tadalafil (Cialis): 80 mg
Price from (per bottle) Sildenafil (Viagra): 30 EUR Tadalafil (Cialis): 45 EUR
Price up to (per bottle) Sildenafil (Viagra): 210 EUR Tadalafil (Cialis): 130 EUR

Values from the sizes and catalogue prices on this page, without Express and discounts.

Half-life compared

How quickly do they break down?

Share left after one dose, calculated from the half-lives in the lexicon

Sildenafil (Viagra)no exact figure in the lexiconTadalafil (Cialis)~17.5 hours
Half-life ~17.5 hours
After 35 hours: 25 %
ProductHalf-lifeHour 17.5Hour 35Hour 70
Tadalafil (Cialis)~17.5 hours50 %25 %6.3 %

Simplified model without an absorption phase, half-lives from the TPD lexicon. Sildenafil (Viagra) has no half-life in the lexicon, so it has no curve.

Feature Sildenafil (Viagra) Tadalafil (Cialis)
Category Sexual Health Sexual Health
Subcategory Sexual Health Sexual Health
Form Tab Tab
Price range 30 - 210 EUR 45 - 130 EUR
GLP-1 No No

Quick reference

What both have in common

  • Same subcategory: Sexual Health - addressed via overlapping mechanisms.
  • Same main category: Sexual Health / Sexual Health

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