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Comment author: gwern 14 October 2010 11:49:07PM *  7 points [-]

I've finished up a short draft article on modafinil: http://www.gwern.net/Modafinil

The chief point of interest is my price-chart: http://www.gwern.net/Modafinil#suppliers-prices

Comment author: lukataylo 24 September 2012 11:48:38PM 1 point [-]

Excellent article, very useful, especially the suppliers part, but also the research, a lot of hard work you've done there ... cheers

Comment author: gwern 24 September 2012 11:59:07PM 1 point [-]

You're welcome.

Comment author: tog 09 October 2011 04:31:11PM 0 points [-]

The first part of your draft article (before the long 'Suppliers & Prices' section) is just what I've been looking for - thanks. I had a moderately good experience with modafinil the first time I bought it, so may try it again, though I'm (perhaps irrationally) cautious about drugs.

(FWIW, it cost £30 for 50 Modalert pills in the UK at the time - not sure how that compares with US prices, but it looks high enough to be legit given your calculation.)

Comment author: gwern 09 October 2011 09:43:37PM 1 point [-]

You're welcome. Most people find the supplier information most useful, though. (Sad to say, no one has yet told me that they found the Bayes formula and discount-rate section most useful! One day...) Your UK rate sounds possible once I convert pounds to dollars.