PlainVitamins

Respiratory Care

by Doctor's Best · tablet or pill · 120 tablets

  • Off the market since December 2022 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 53950 00567 9
  • DSLD label 271103
  • Serving 2 tablets
  • 60 servings

Respiratory Care by Doctor's Best lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 tablets, such as 180 mg of vitamin C, 5.5 mg of zinc and 200 mg of AP-bio. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2022.

What is in Respiratory Care?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 tablets. 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).

Respiratory Care: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 271103, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Calcium Ascorbate180 mg200%Vitamin C in Respiratory Care against 18,583 products180 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg180 mg

Higher than 62% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Zincas Zinc Oxide5.5 mg50%Zinc in Respiratory Care against 13,186 products5.5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg5.5 mg

71% of 13,186 products listing zinc give more (median 11 mg).

AP-Bioas Andrographis Leaf ExtractAP-Bio (Form: Andrographis Leaf Extract (Form: Andrographis paniculata Leaf Extract PlantPart: leaf Genus: Andrographis Species: paniculata, Andrographolide Note: Standardized to 30%) PlantPart: leaf Genus: Andrographis)200 mgAndrographis in Respiratory Care against 213 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.200 mg

42% of 213 products listing andrographis give more (median 200 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 271103 (entered August 23, 2022), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). 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?

2 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 Adult Use: Take 2 tablets daily, or as recommended by a nutritionally informed physician.
Warnings
Warning: Avoid use of Andrographs if you are pregnant, nursing or have an autoimmune condition. Consult a physician before use if you have an existing medical condition.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free Soy free
Storage
Store in a cool dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 271103.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Hypromellose.

How many labels does Respiratory Care have?

One label is on file, entered on August 23, 2022.

  1. Label 271103 (current) Entered August 23, 2022 · off the market December 16, 2022 · 120 tablets · UPC 7 53950 00567 9

DSLD also links this label to: Andrographis (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 Doctor's Best, Inc. (distributor), California. All Doctor's Best products.

Where next?