No,
2.99 for those patches is very cheap. Patches that are made properly which requires extensive pharmaceutical technique are expensive...all are expensive.

My take is that these are a hoax....a placebo thing. They are too cheap to be real. They may even come from China for all we know...cringe!

If you don't like tea, then there is always NoDoz. My hubby uses that when he has to drive long distances for audits.

Aspirin does not have caffeine in it. Some combination products like Excedrin have either aspirin or Tylenol with caffeine.
Taking caffeine every day can lead to a headache withdrawal phenomenon over time. Caffeine sets up the brain for headaches when used every day.

I only gave tea as an alternative because tea is gentler than coffee.
These patches have 20mg and if that is absorbed all thru the skin, is about equivalent to 100mg or oral caffeine. All things you swallow go thru the liver before hitting your body/brain blood stream. So some caffeine would be eliminated that way. But I don't know how much.
(going thru the liver first is called "first pass metabolism".)

These patches are a gimmick...offer no medical advantages really.