Adverse Event Profile: Ginger

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 9 Serious Events: 4 Date Range: 20100422 to 20240604

Top Reported Reactions

  • Drug screen positive: 2
  • Diarrhoea: 2
  • ANOSMIA: 1
  • ASTHENIA: 1
  • CONVULSION: 1
  • DECREASED APPETITE: 1
  • DYSGEUSIA: 1
  • HYPOAESTHESIA: 1
  • LOSS OF LIBIDO: 1
  • MEMORY IMPAIRMENT: 1
  • SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION: 1
  • PARALYSIS: 1
  • POOR PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION: 1
  • THROMBOSIS: 1
  • Pulmonary oedema: 1
  • Rash pruritic: 1
  • Throat tightness: 1
  • Urticaria: 1
  • Anxiety: 1
  • Blood potassium decreased: 1

Outcomes

  • Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 4
  • Disability: 2
  • Hospitalization: 2
  • Visited Emergency Room: 2
  • Other Serious Outcome: 2
  • Visited a Health Care Provider: 2

Products Involved (8 unique)

  • GINGER
  • GINGER ROOT
  • Ginger
  • Green Ginger tea
  • Lemon Ginger tea
  • NATURE'S WAY GINGER ROOT
  • PURITAN'S PRIDE GINGER RELIEF GINGER ROOT
  • UPSPRING STOMACH SETTLE LEMON GINGER HARD DROPS

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.