1 Product identity
Ingredient risk
4 ingredients to use with caution
Total L-Carnitine
BrandNutri-West→Other Combinations Tablet or Pill 8 ingredients 4 caution DSLD #28640Net contents: 60 Tablet(s)
Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above
DSLD entry: 2013-12-24
2 Ingredients (8)
IngredientGroupSafety
Gamma OryzanolGamma oryzanol—
Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →
⚠️ 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…
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
Thiamin — Use with Caution
Riboflavin — Generally Safe
⚠ Harmless yellow urine
Vitamin B6 — Use with Caution
Magnesium — Use with Caution
⚠ Diarrhea (especially oxide)
⚠ Accumulates in renal impairment
Zinc — Use with Caution
⚠ Copper deficiency at >40 mg/day
⚠ Nausea, metallic taste
Selenium — Conditionally Safe
⚠ Selenosis >400 mcg
⚠ Diabetes risk at high doses
L-Carnitine — Generally Safe
⚠ Fishy body odor
⚠ TMAO concern
4 Label claims
• All Other
5 Data source
DSLD ID28640
Full labelView at NIH DSLD →
SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH
Market statusOn market
Entry date2013-12-24
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Pkhakadze G. Total L-Carnitine — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Aug 30]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/total-l-carnitine-28640/
CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.
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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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