Adverse Event Profile: Garlic

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 18 Serious Events: 10 Date Range: 20100222 to 20250910

Top Reported Reactions

  • HEART RATE INCREASED: 3
  • LIP SWELLING: 2
  • SWOLLEN TONGUE: 2
  • BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED: 2
  • COLECTOMY: 1
  • COLON CANCER: 1
  • COLON INJURY: 1
  • DYSPNOEA: 1
  • HYPERSENSITIVITY: 1
  • PHARYNGEAL OEDEMA: 1
  • PRURITUS: 1
  • THROAT TIGHTNESS: 1
  • URTICARIA: 1
  • CHOKING: 1
  • DYSPHAGIA: 1
  • RETCHING: 1
  • BACK PAIN: 1
  • BODY TEMPERATURE INCREASED: 1
  • FLUSHING: 1
  • NAUSEA: 1

Outcomes

  • Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 10
  • Hospitalization: 8
  • Visited Emergency Room: 5
  • Visited a Health Care Provider: 3
  • Life Threatening: 2
  • Required Intervention: 1
  • Other Outcome: 1

Products Involved (8 unique)

  • CHEWABLE GARLIC
  • GARLIC
  • GARLIC PILL
  • GARLIC PILLS(ALLIUM SATIVUM)
  • Garlic
  • ODORLESS GARLIC
  • PURITAN'S PRIDE ODORLESS GARLIC
  • garlic supplement

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.