The ratio of prices for the two is larger than the ratio of bioavailabilities, so my take on it is that it's a better deal to just use a larger dose of ubiquinone.
I tried to make a cost comparison between ubiquinone and ubiquinol but it is hard because much ubiquinone is generic where a lot of ubiquinol is made by the Kaneka company. Below are some figures I got but these are high-end products. Also not every manufacturer uses Kaneka's "Q10" ubiquinone as an ingredient.
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Jarrow at iHerb for 60 softgels of 100mg costs this:
(1) Q-absorb (using Kaneka "Q10" ubiquinone) $18.72
(Whereas non-"absorb" version of Jarrow CoQ10, still using kanela's "Q10", costs $12.85
(2) QH-absorb (using Kaneka "QH" ubiquinol) $26.00
That's an extra 40% for ubiquinol.
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Direct from Pharma Nord, 60 softgels of 100mg cost:
(1) Bio-Quinone (using Kaneka "Q10" ubiquinone) $54
(2) Bio-Ubiquinol (using Kaneka "QH" ubiquinol) approx $69
That's an extra 28% for ubiquinol
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Have you got any similar figures to share? Also, what additional bioavailability of ubiquinol over ubiquinone are you assuming?
Edited by Kabb, 21 August 2016 - 11:03 AM.