1 Product identity
Ingredient risk
Contains a high-risk ingredient
Cholesterol Complete
BrandBioSpec Nutritionals→Other Combinations Tablet or Pill 21 ingredients 2 high-risk 5 caution DSLD #26398Net contents: 120 Tablet(s)
Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above
DSLD entry: 2013-12-24
2 Ingredients (21)
IngredientGroupSafety
Tocotrienol ComplexVitamin E (mixed tocotrienols)—
Policosanol ComplexPolicosanol—
Coenzyme Q-10Coenzyme Q-10—
Stearic AcidStearic Acid—
Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →
⛔ High-risk ingredient — documented serious harm
Red Yeast Rice 🇪🇺 🇦🇺 — HIGH RISK — see overview [1]
Inositol — GDM prevention — 4 g/day from first trimester in high-risk women [2]
⚠️ Use with caution — restricted in some markets
Vitamin B12 — Nitrous oxide anesthesia in subclinically B12-deficient patients can precipitate acute combined degeneration — always check B12 before elective p…
Vitamin B6 — Sensory neuropathy from chronic high-dose B6 (>200 mg/day) — presents as numbness, ataxia. Can be irreversible. Often self-prescribed by patients…
Vitamin D — Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, TB) — unregulated extra-renal CYP27B1 can cause life-threatening hypercalcemia even at standard doses [2][21]
Magnesium — Severe deficiency (<0.50 mmol/L) causes secondary hypocalcemia and hypokalemia that will not correct until magnesium is repleted first [1].
Zinc — Chronic zinc >40 mg/day without copper causes copper deficiency: anemia, neutropenia, myeloneuropathy [1].
3 Safety cross-reference
Red Yeast Rice — High risk
⚠ Contains lovastatin — same side effects as statins
⚠ Myopathy, rhabdomyolysis
Guggul — Limited Evidence
⚠ GI upset, headache
⚠ Thyroid stimulation
Glycine — Limited Evidence
⚠ Well tolerated
Folate — Conditionally Safe
⚠ May mask B12 deficiency
⚠ Colorectal cancer risk debated
Vitamin B12 — Use with Caution
Vitamin B6 — Use with Caution
Choline — Generally Safe
⚠ Fishy odor at high doses
Inositol — High risk
⚠ GI disturbance at high doses (>12 g)
⚠ May lower blood glucose
Niacin — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Flushing at >50 mg
⚠ Hepatotoxicity at high doses
Pantothenic Acid — Limited Evidence
⚠ Diarrhea at very high doses
Vitamin D — Use with Caution
⚠ Hypercalcemia at >10,000 IU/day
⚠ Vascular calcification risk
Magnesium — Use with Caution
⚠ Diarrhea (especially oxide)
⚠ Accumulates in renal impairment
Zinc — Use with Caution
⚠ Copper deficiency at >40 mg/day
⚠ Nausea, metallic taste
Hawthorn — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Additive with digoxin
⚠ Hypotension
Betaine HCl — Limited Evidence
⚠ Heartburn, GI burning if used without protein meals
⚠ Not for those on H. pylori treatment
Silicon — Generally Safe
⚠ Very low toxicity
4 Label claims
• Nutrient
• All Other
• Structure/Function
5 Data source
DSLD ID26398
Full labelView at NIH DSLD →
SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH
Market statusOn market
Entry date2013-12-24
6 More from BioSpec Nutritionals
View BioSpec Nutritionals Safety Scorecard → 2 products
Inflam-Rx7 Cite this page
Vancouver
Pkhakadze G. Cholesterol Complete — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Jun 25]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/cholesterol-complete-26398/
CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.
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PHIG · Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD
Product data sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). Safety cross-referencing by SupplementIndex. This analysis is for informational purposes only. For corrections: info@accreditation.ge.
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Publisher: PHIG