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Matrix 5000 Extended-Release

by elon · tablet or pill · 60 tablets

  • Off the market since November 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 58869 12501 3
  • DSLD label 248457
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 60 servings

Matrix 5000 Extended-Release by elon lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 5,000 mcg of biotin, 50 mg of L-cysteine and 10 mg of silicon dioxide. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2021.

What is in Matrix 5000 Extended-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).

Matrix 5000 Extended-Release: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 248457, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Biotin5,000 mcg16,667%Biotin in Matrix 5000 Extended-Release against 9,447 products5,000 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mcg to 300 mcg, the median 200 mcg.DV 30 mcg5,000 mcg

Higher than 93% of 9,447 products listing biotin (median 200 mcg).

L-Cysteine50 mgCysteine in Matrix 5000 Extended-Release against 516 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 85 mg.50 mg

55% of 516 products listing cysteine give more (median 85 mg).

Silicon Dioxide10 mgSilicon in Matrix 5000 Extended-Release against 1,220 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 10.5 mg, the median 4 mg.10 mg

Higher than 68% of 1,220 products listing silicon (median 4 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 248457 (entered August 23, 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 5,000 mcg of biotin is higher than 93% of the 9,447 biotin products that print an amount; 311 list more.

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?

3 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

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: As a dietary supplement, take one (1) tablet daily.
Warnings
Caution: Do not exceed recommended serving size.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if safety seal is damaged.
Storage
Store in a cool dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 248457.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Hypromellose, Magnesium Stearate, Titanium Dioxide, natural Vanilla flavor.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Made in the USA.

How many labels does Matrix 5000 Extended-Release have?

One label is on file, entered on August 23, 2021.

  1. Label 248457 (current) Entered August 23, 2021 · off the market November 29, 2023 · 60 tablets · UPC 0 58869 12501 3

DSLD also links this label to: Matrix 5000 (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 Dartmouth Pharmaceuticals (distributor), Kokomo, IN. All elon products.

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