1 Product identity
Ingredient risk
Contains restricted ingredients
St. John's Forte
BrandBiotics Research Corporation→Multi-Vitamin and Mineral (MVM) Capsule 17 ingredients 1 banned 1 high-risk 4 caution DSLD #22215Net contents: 60 Capsule(s)
Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above
DSLD entry: 2013-06-25
2 Ingredients (17)
IngredientGroupSafety
Siberian GinsengEleuthero—
Capsule shellcapsule—
Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →
⛔ High-risk ingredient — documented serious harm
Inositol — GDM prevention — 4 g/day from first trimester in high-risk women [2]
⛔ Contains an ingredient banned in ≥1 country
St. John's Wort 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 — dards. Drug interaction warnings required [2]. || France :: Banned from sale as a supplement (2000) due to drug interaction concerns [3]. ||
⚠️ Use with caution — restricted in some markets
Thiamin — Wernicke encephalopathy: classic triad (confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia) is present in only 16% of cases — any ONE element in an at-risk patie…
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 B12 — Nitrous oxide anesthesia in subclinically B12-deficient patients can precipitate acute combined degeneration — always check B12 before elective p…
Magnesium — Severe deficiency (<0.50 mmol/L) causes secondary hypocalcemia and hypokalemia that will not correct until magnesium is repleted first [1].
3 Safety cross-reference
Thiamin — Use with Caution
Riboflavin — Generally Safe
⚠ Harmless yellow urine
Niacin — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Flushing at >50 mg
⚠ Hepatotoxicity at high doses
Vitamin B6 — Use with Caution
Folate — Conditionally Safe
⚠ May mask B12 deficiency
⚠ Colorectal cancer risk debated
Vitamin B12 — Use with Caution
Biotin — Generally Safe
⚠ Interferes with troponin and thyroid lab assays
Pantothenic Acid — Generally Safe
⚠ Diarrhea at very high doses
Magnesium — Use with Caution
⚠ Diarrhea (especially oxide)
⚠ Accumulates in renal impairment
Chromium — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Hypoglycemia with diabetes meds
⚠ Rare renal/hepatic toxicity
St. John's Wort — Banned in ≥1 country
⚠ MAJOR CYP3A4 INDUCER — interacts with >50% of drugs
⚠ Serotonin syndrome with SSRIs
Inositol — High risk
⚠ GI disturbance at high doses (>12 g)
⚠ May lower blood glucose
Damiana — Conditionally Safe
⚠ May lower blood glucose
⚠ Hallucinations at very high doses
Choline — Generally Safe
⚠ Fishy odor at high doses
4 Label claims
• All Other
5 Data source
DSLD ID22215
Full labelView at NIH DSLD →
SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH
Market statusOn market
Entry date2013-06-25
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Vancouver
Pkhakadze G. St. John's Forte — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Aug 25]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/st-johns-forte-22215/
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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