Adverse Event Profile: Echinacea

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 9 Serious Events: 5 Date Range: 20070928 to 20240116

Top Reported Reactions

HEADACHE: 2
BLOOD ARSENIC INCREASED: 1
FATIGUE: 1
PIGMENTATION DISORDER: 1
POISONING: 1
SKIN DISCOLOURATION: 1
ANOSMIA: 1
ASTHENIA: 1
CONVULSION: 1
DECREASED APPETITE: 1
DYSGEUSIA: 1
HYPOAESTHESIA: 1
LOSS OF LIBIDO: 1
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT: 1
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION: 1
DIZZINESS: 1
TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK: 1
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: 1
NAUSEA: 1
REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY FROM THROAT: 1

Outcomes

Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 5
Hospitalization: 2
Life Threatening: 2
Visited a Health Care Provider: 1
Other Serious Outcome: 1
Disability: 1
Required Intervention: 1
Other Outcome: 1

Products Involved (6 unique)

BE LIVE ELDERBERRY GUMMIES WITH PROPOLIS AND ECHIN
ECHINACEA
ECHINACEA EXTRACT
NATURE'S BOUNTY ECHINACEA
NUTRALITE TRIPLE GUARD ECHINACEA SPRAY
SPRING VALLEY ECHINACEA AND GOLDENSEAL ROOT

Disclaimer

This data is from the FDA CAERS database. A report does not mean the supplement caused the adverse event. Reports may be incomplete, duplicated, or unrelated. This is for safety awareness only.