Resveratrol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Resveratrol is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Sold as
- Resveratrol
- Generic available?
- Yes
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Every resveratrol product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Resveratrol.
Resveratrol and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for resveratrol: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadResveratrol (3,4',5-trans-trihydroxystilbene) is an antioxidant found in numerous plant species and in red wine. Resveratrol has no specific lactation-related uses. In general, it is used to prevent heart disease, cancer, and other diseases associated with aging, although high-quality studies are lacking. Resveratrol appears to be relatively free from adverse reactions. However, no data exist on the excretion of resveratrol into breastmilk or on the safety and efficacy of resveratrol in nursing mothers or infants. Resveratrol supplements usually contain hundreds of times the amounts found in wine or other foods, so their safety during breastfeeding cannot be assured. It is probably best to avoid the use of red wine as a source of resveratrol during breastfeeding. Refer to the LactMed record on Alcohol for details.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised September 20, 2021. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about resveratrol
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 1,143 reports naming resveratrol, and the FDA flagged 54% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- fatigue142 reports
- headache91 reports
- diarrhoea88 reports
- dyspnoea83 reports
- nausea77 reports
- dizziness69 reports
- arthralgia67 reports
- asthenia67 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean resveratrol caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 26, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Resveratrol?
A polyphenol from grapes studied for antioxidant and longevity support.
Can you take resveratrol with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run resveratrol against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
Is there a generic resveratrol?
Yes. Our catalog lists 1 generic resveratrol product alongside the brand versions. A generic has the same active ingredient and must meet the FDA's bioequivalence standard; it usually costs less. Ask your pharmacist which one your plan covers.
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We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for resveratrol on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.