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Melatonin 3 mg

by Protocol For Life Balance · lozenge · 120 lozenges

  • Off the market since April 2025 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 07359 13258 0
  • DSLD label 73358
  • Serving 1 lozenge

Melatonin 3 mg by Protocol For Life Balance lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 lozenge, such as 3 mg of vitamin B6 and 3 mg of melatonin. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 25, 2017.

What is in Melatonin 3 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 lozenge. 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).

Melatonin 3 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 73358, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxine HydrochlorideVitamin B6 (Form: from Pyridoxine HCl)3 mg176%Vitamin B6 in Melatonin 3 mg against 15,277 products3 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 20 mg, the median 6 mg.DV 1.7 mgUL 100 mg3 mg

64% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 give more (median 6 mg).

Melatonin3 mgMelatonin in Melatonin 3 mg against 1,557 products3 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 5 mg, the median 3 mg.3 mg

38% of 1,557 products listing melatonin give more (median 3 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 73358 (entered April 25, 2017), 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.

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
Suggested Usage: Take 1 lozenge prior to bedtime, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Cautions/Interactions: May cause drowsiness. Do not operate a vehicle or heavy machinery following consumption of melatonin.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication especially sedatives, immunosuppressants or anticoagulants, or have a medical condition including diabetes, auto-immune conditions, depressive disorders, cardiovascular conditions and epilepsy. Melatonin may interact with supplements such as St. John’s Wort and 5-HTP.
Do not eat freshness packet. Keep in bottle.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 73358.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Fructose, Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Mannitol, natural Peppermint flavor, Sorbitol, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Melatonin 3 mg have?

4 labels are on file under this name since July 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 73358 (current) Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market April 21, 2025 · 120 lozenges · UPC 7 07359 13258 0
  2. Label 69389 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 120 lozenges · UPC 7 07359 13258 0
  3. Label 15452 Entered December 21, 2012 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 120 lozenges · UPC 7 07359 13258 0
  4. Label 11459 Entered July 25, 2012 · off the market August 25, 2009 · 120 lozenges · UPC 7 07359 13258 0

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.

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