Can you even GET simple multivitamins any more? I remember they were fairly small pills (aspirin size) and you’get a bottle of 365. Now they are big pills in fancy packaging so you get like 30 in a bottle, and you have to take a whole pile of pills to get the same set of vitamins that used to come in 1 pill.
All the multivitamins that are like “Life Extension, Brain Support, Sexual Health” or some other baseless claim are the ones banking on uneducated people to pay 60 dollars for 30 pills
Multivitamins marketed to the elderly are usually a great deal less expensive with similar or identical content. I found this out while comparing vitamins during pregnancy, just had to add extra folate.
That’s true. I didn’t mean to put forth the idea that the enshittification that has affected all products has not affected multivitamins. Moreso that the new “niche” multivitamin scams that are being sold for a dollar per pill are not the same as the traditional multivitamin, which as you are mentioning, is now more expensive, but still not at the level of the vitamins that have instagram influencer sponsors
Can you even GET simple multivitamins any more? I remember they were fairly small pills (aspirin size) and you’get a bottle of 365. Now they are big pills in fancy packaging so you get like 30 in a bottle, and you have to take a whole pile of pills to get the same set of vitamins that used to come in 1 pill.
Yes, one a day men’s for example is $17.50 for a 200 count bottle
https://a.co/d/73ifhuZ
There are other brands like that.
All the multivitamins that are like “Life Extension, Brain Support, Sexual Health” or some other baseless claim are the ones banking on uneducated people to pay 60 dollars for 30 pills
Multivitamins marketed to the elderly are usually a great deal less expensive with similar or identical content. I found this out while comparing vitamins during pregnancy, just had to add extra folate.
This is from Walgreens way back but I don’t see anything like it anymore. 365 pills for $8, expired 2016, so maybe 1.5x inflation since then.
That’s true. I didn’t mean to put forth the idea that the enshittification that has affected all products has not affected multivitamins. Moreso that the new “niche” multivitamin scams that are being sold for a dollar per pill are not the same as the traditional multivitamin, which as you are mentioning, is now more expensive, but still not at the level of the vitamins that have instagram influencer sponsors