1 Product identity

Ingredient risk

Contains restricted ingredients

Withdrawal Support

Name: Withdrawal Support
Brand: Crystal Star

BrandCrystal Star→Botanical Capsule 22 ingredients 2 banned DSLD #173723

Net contents: 60 Vegetarian Capsule(s)

Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above

DSLD entry: 2018-05-24

2 Ingredients (22)

IngredientGroupSafety

DL-PhenylalanineDL-phenylalanine—

NiacinNiacinConditionally Safe

Proprietary Herbal Blend (Herb/Botanical)Proprietary Blend (Herb/Botanical)—

SkullcapSkullcap—

Gotu KolaGotu KolaConditionally Safe

Kava KavaKava kava Banned in ≥1 country

Siberian EleutheroEleuthero—

St. John's WortSt. John's WortBanned in ≥1 country

ValerianValerianConditionally Safe

organic AlfalfaAlfalfa—

Wood BetonyBetony—

Sea BuckthornSea BuckthornGenerally Safe

Ginkgo bilobaGinkgo —

GingerGinger —

Blessed ThistleBlessed Thistle—

Acerola CherryAcerola—

AmlaIndian Gooseberry—

HawthorneHawthornConditionally Safe

HawthornHawthornConditionally Safe

Cayenne PepperCapsicum—

certified organic Brown RiceRice—

Vegetarian Capsulecapsule—

Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →

⛔ Contains an ingredient banned in ≥1 country

Kava 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 🇸🇬 🇬🇧 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 — Banned in supplements.

St. John's Wort 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 — dards. Drug interaction warnings required [2]. || France :: Banned from sale as a supplement (2000) due to drug interaction concerns [3]. ||

3 Safety cross-reference

L-Phenylalanine — Limited Evidence

⚠ Dangerous in PKU

⚠ May raise blood pressure

Niacin — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Flushing at >50 mg

⚠ Hepatotoxicity at high doses

Gotu Kola — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Hepatotoxicity (rare)

⚠ Drowsiness

Kava — Banned in ≥1 country

⚠ HEPATOTOXICITY — liver failure and death reported

⚠ Dermopathy (kava dermopathy)

St. John's Wort — Banned in ≥1 country

⚠ MAJOR CYP3A4 INDUCER — interacts with >50% of drugs

⚠ Serotonin syndrome with SSRIs

Valerian — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Drowsiness

⚠ Additive with sedatives/alcohol

Sea Buckthorn — Generally Safe

⚠ May increase bleeding risk

⚠ May lower blood pressure

Ginkgo Biloba — Limited Evidence

⚠ BLEEDING RISK

⚠ Seizures (ginkgotoxin)

Hawthorn — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Additive with digoxin

⚠ Hypotension

4 Label claims

• All Other

• Structure/Function

5 Data source

DSLD ID173723

Full labelView at NIH DSLD →

SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH

Market statusOn market

Entry date2018-05-24

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7 Cite this page

Vancouver

Pkhakadze G. Withdrawal Support — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Oct 17]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/withdrawal-support-173723/

CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.

Analyzed by SupplementIndex

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.
Publisher: PHIG