Advanced Sleep Melatonin + 5-HTP Time Release
by Natrol · tablet or pill · 60 bi-layer tablets
- Off the market since April 2025 (NIH)
- UPC 0 47469 07229 2
- DSLD label 256947
- Serving 1 tablet
- 60 servings
Advanced Sleep Melatonin + 5-HTP Time Release by Natrol lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 10 mg of vitamin B6 and 50 mg of 5-htp. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 19, 2021.
What is in Advanced Sleep Melatonin + 5-HTP Time Release?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 tablet. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin B6as Pyridoxine HydrochlorideVitamin B-6 (Form: as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) | 10 mg | 590% | Higher than 55% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 (median 6 mg). |
| 5-Htpas Griffonia simplicifolia5-HTP (Form: from Griffonia simplicifolia PlantPart: seed Genus: Griffonia Species: simplicifolia) (Alt. Name: 5-Hydroxytryptophan) | 50 mg | 55% of 676 products listing 5-HTP give more (median 100 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 256947 (entered November 19, 2021), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.
Is that a lot?
Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.
The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.
The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.
Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.
Which products have the closest formulas?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- 5-HTP SynergyDesigns for Health same ingredients
- 5-HTP With Vitamin B6 50 mgThe Vitamin Shoppe same ingredients
- 5 HTP CompletePureFormulas same ingredients
- 5-HTP SelectMoss Nutrition same ingredients
- 5-HTP 100 mgZenwise Health same ingredients
- 5-HTP Serenity 100 mgForestLeaf same ingredients
Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.
What does the label say about taking it?
Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.
- Directions
- Directions: Take 1 tablet 20 minutes before bedtime.
- Warnings
- Warning: Consult your healthcare professional prior to use if you have or suspect a medical condition or are taking prescription drugs including drugs for depression, migraine, Parkinson's disease or psychiatric disorder, or if you are using any tranquilizers or sedatives. Consult your healthcare professional if you have an autoimmune condition or depressive disorder.
- Do not use if you are pregnant or lactating, or under the age of 18 years.
- Do not use with other supplements L-Trytophan or 5-HTP. Do not take when operating machinery or driving a vehicle.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- No: milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, yeast, artificial colors or flavors, added sugar or preservatives
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 256947.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Methylcellulose, Silicon Dioxide, Stearic Acid, Hypromellose, Maltodextrin, Cellulose Gum, Beet Root Extract, Magnesium Stearate, Glycerin.
How many labels does Advanced Sleep Melatonin + 5-HTP Time Release have?
2 labels are on file under this name since May 28, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 256947 (current) Entered November 19, 2021 · off the market April 28, 2025 · 60 bi-layer tablets · UPC 0 47469 07229 2
- Label 203257 Entered May 28, 2019 · off the market July 27, 2021 · 60 bi-layer tablets
DSLD also links this label to: Advanced Sleep Melatonin + 5-HTP (image difference, same product), Melatonin + 5-HTP Advanced Time Release (image difference, same product).
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Natrol LLC (manufacturer), Chatsworth, CA. All Natrol products.