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Pantethine

by Douglas Laboratories · tablet or pill · 50 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 3 10539 01271 0
  • DSLD label 231993
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 50 servings

Pantethine by Douglas Laboratories lists one ingredient: 500 mg of pantethine per serving of 1 tablet. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2020.

What is in Pantethine?

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).

Pantethine: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 231993, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Pantethine500 mgPantethine in Pantethine against 94 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 225 mg, the median 50 mg.500 mg

Higher than 86% of 94 products listing pantethine (median 50 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 231993 (entered August 23, 2020), 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: As a dietary supplement, adults take 1 tablet daily, or as directed by your health professional.
Warnings
Warning: If you are pregnant, nursing, have any health condition or taking any medication, consult your health professional before using this product.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Use only is safety seal is intact.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-free, Non-GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 231993.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Coating, Croscarmellose Sodium, Stearic Acid, Vegetable Stearate, Silica.

How many labels does Pantethine have?

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

  1. Label 231993 (current) Entered August 23, 2020 · on the market · 50 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01271 0
  2. Label 56863 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market July 24, 2020 · 50 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01271 0
  3. Label 5170 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market December 15, 2015 · 50 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01271 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names Douglas Laboratories (manufacturer), Pittsburgh, PA. All Douglas Laboratories products.

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