Modafinil
Modafinil is used to treat excessive sleepiness caused by narcolepsy (a condition that causes excessive daytime sleepiness) or shift work sleep disorder (sleepiness during scheduled waking hours and difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep during scheduled sleeping hours in people who work at night or on rotating shifts).
United States
$10
per month
India
$2
per month
You save
−77%save $8/mo · 77% cheaper
369.2K US scripts/yr$3M potential annual savings$3.9M US spend/yr
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Compare the price
US price$10per month
India price$2per month
You save$877% less
Based on 30 EAs per month. US $0.35 vs India $0.08 per EA.
Total over 1 periodSave $8$10 → $2
The bigger picture
Modafinil is filled about 369.2K times a year under Medicare Part D. At the prices above, that works out to roughly:
Est. annual US spend
$3.9M
If sourced from India
$908.1K
Potential annual savings
$3M
−77%
Rough estimate. Based on Medicare Part D prescription volume (not the entire US market) scaled by the representative monthly price — actual totals depend on dose, duration and coverage.