How much caffeine is in Excedrin products?
We track 4 Excedrin products, each with the caffeine figure Excedrin publishes.
Excedrin Extra Strength has the most at 65 mg (1 caplet); Excedrin Tension Headache has the least at 65 mg.
Excedrin PM has none.
The typical Excedrin product here has about 65 mg in its usual serving, less than the 95 mg in an 8 fl oz cup of brewed coffee.
Open any of them to see the sizes, how much is left at bedtime if you have one at 3 pm, and the latest time for your own bedtime.
Excedrin, strongest first
| Serving | for an 11 pm bed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Excedrin Extra Strength | 1 caplet | 65 mg | 8:45 pm |
| Excedrin Migraine | 1 caplet | 65 mg | 8:45 pm |
| Excedrin Tension Headache | 1 caplet | 65 mg | 8:45 pm |
| Excedrin PM | 1 caplet | None | Any time |
"Finish by" is the latest time to start one serving so that an average adult is under 50 mg of caffeine from 11 pm through the night. Each product page has other bedtimes and sensitivity levels.
Against other brands
Supplements and medicines: the typical Excedrin one has 65 mg against 175 mg for the other 31 we track, 63% less. Closest in strength from other brands: BC Powder (65 mg), Goody's Cool Orange (65 mg), Pamprin Max (65 mg). The strongest overall is Gorilla Mode Pre-Workout at 400 mg.