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Sustained Release Melatonin

by Allergy Research Group · tablet or pill · 60 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 13947 72230 9
  • DSLD label 20284
  • Serving 1 to 3 tablets; amounts per 3 tablets
  • 20 servings

Sustained Release Melatonin by Allergy Research Group lists one ingredient: 3.6 mg of melatonin per serving of 3 tablets. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 25, 2013.

What is in Sustained Release Melatonin?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Sustained Release Melatonin: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 20284, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Melatonin3.6 mgMelatonin in Sustained Release Melatonin against 1,557 products3.6 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 5 mg, the median 3 mg.3.6 mg

Higher than 62% of 1,557 products listing melatonin (median 3 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 20284 (entered April 25, 2013), 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 Use As a dietary supplement, 1 to 3 tablets taken 20 minutes to one hour before bedtime, or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Not recommended for children or adolescents, for long term administration, or for those with a prior history of seizures.
Warning: May have strong sedating effect within 20 minutes of consumption. In rare cases may stimulate seasonal affective disorder, depression or have stimulatory effects.
Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or other machinery.
Storage
Keep in a cool, dry place, tightly capped.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 20284.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Sustained Release Melatonin have?

One label is on file, entered on April 25, 2013.

  1. Label 20284 (current) Entered April 25, 2013 · on the market · 60 tablets · UPC 7 13947 72230 9

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

Who makes it?

The label names Allergy Research Group (distributor), Alameda, CA. All Allergy Research Group products.

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