Please help me figure out which is the better price

Factual Questions
1

I’m a little embarrassed because it seems I should be able to figure this out on my own, but I guess I’m arithmetically-challenged today:

I want to buy a nootropic supplement called pramiracetam. It’s finally available on eBay, and I’m trying to pick the best deal.

I can get a 45-count bottle of 300-milligram capsules for $37.

Or, I can get a jar of loose powder containing 50 grams for $63.

I’m not worried about the cost of the gelcaps I would have to buy to fill them with the powder.

Who can tell me which works out cheaper? Thanks!

2

300mg x 45 = 13,500mg = 13.5g
$ 37 / 13.5 = $2.74 per g

$63 / 50 = $1.26 per g

3

Ooooh, nine minutes! You rock, Mangetout! Thanks!

How is your plastic project coming along?

4

Not bad… I started the main build, but it’s going a bit slower than I hoped. I’ll get there…

5

Someone who’s taking nootropic drugs ought to have been able to figure this one out. :stuck_out_tongue:

6

Since the GQ has been answered, consider the dosage method. It may be harder to accurately measure out the non-capsulized powder into the desired dosage. So the capsules may be a “better deal” in that they’re presumably more accurate and certainly easier.

7

Should’ve just bought one at random, then if afterwards you either kick or congratulate yourself, you’d have known it works, too… :stuck_out_tongue:

8

Good point. I suppose I’d have to figure out the volume of whatever size gelcap I buy, then divide the volume of the jar of powder by the individual capsule volume to get an approximate dosage-per-capsule. Yikes!

Since I know already that I can’t afford to take the optimal dosage of these kinds of expensive supplements, my usual strategy is to take a suboptimal dose, like for instance filling one capsule, and hope for the best. :slight_smile:

Well, I’m not taking them yet, silly! Actually, I have been taking piracetam; but pramiracetam is 15 times more potent. Clearly I need it, heh heh.

9

Just be careful of the side effects.