Adverse Event Profile: Glucosamine

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 49 Serious Events: 20 Date Range: 20080825 to 20240618

Top Reported Reactions

  • DYSPNOEA: 4
  • HYPERSENSITIVITY: 4
  • BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED: 3
  • Choking: 3
  • Dyspnoea: 3
  • Pain: 3
  • Epistaxis: 3
  • HEART RATE INCREASED: 3
  • ASTHENIA: 2
  • CONVULSION: 2
  • LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: 2
  • VOMITING: 2
  • Nausea: 2
  • Dysphagia: 2
  • FATIGUE: 2
  • MUSCLE SPASMS: 2
  • NAUSEA: 2
  • Blood pressure increased: 2
  • Heart rate increased: 2
  • FOREIGN BODY TRAUMA: 2

Outcomes

  • Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 29
  • Visited a Health Care Provider: 9
  • Hospitalization: 9
  • Visited Emergency Room: 9
  • Life Threatening: 7
  • Other Serious Outcome: 6
  • Other Outcome: 5
  • Disability: 3
  • Death: 1

Products Involved (37 unique)

  • Chondroitin w/ Glucosamine
  • GLUCOSAMINE
  • GLUCOSAMINE (DIETARY SUPPLEMENT) TABLET
  • GLUCOSAMINE AND CHONDROITIN
  • GLUCOSAMINE CHODROITIN
  • GLUCOSAMINE CHONDROITIN
  • GLUCOSAMINE CHONDROITIN MSM
  • GLUCOSAMINE CHONDROTIN
  • GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE
  • GLUCOSAMINE/CHONDROITIN
  • Glucosamine
  • Glucosamine Chondroitin
  • Glucosamine Chondroitin with MSM
  • Glucosamine MSM Complex
  • Glucosamine chondroitin
  • KIRKLAND GLUCOSAMINE HCL WITH MSM
  • KIRKLAND SIGNATURE EXTRA STRENGTH GLUCOSAMINE AND
  • KIRKLAND SIGNATURE GLUCOSAMINE HCL WITH MSM
  • MOVE FREE ADVANCE (GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, CHON
  • NATURE'S BOUNTY GLUCOSAMINE CHONDROITIN

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.