Adverse Event Profile: Saw Palmetto
Adverse Event Profile: Saw Palmetto
Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 16 Serious Events: 11 Date Range: 20040402 to 20231128
Top Reported Reactions
- HOSPITALISATION: 2
- Blood folate increased: 1
- Disturbance in attention: 1
- Mania: 1
- Bradycardia: 1
- Nausea: 1
- Vomiting: 1
- CHOKING SENSATION: 1
- COUGH: 1
- DYSPHONIA: 1
- DYSPNOEA: 1
- PROSTATIC SPECIFIC ANTIGEN ABNORMAL: 1
- UROLOGICAL EXAMINATION: 1
- Brain stem haemorrhage: 1
- Cerebrovascular accident: 1
- Death: 1
- Pulmonary embolism: 1
- Abdominal pain: 1
- Prostate cancer: 1
- Prostatic specific antigen increased: 1
Outcomes
- Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 7
- Hospitalization: 6
- Visited a Health Care Provider: 4
- Life Threatening: 2
- Disability: 2
- Other Serious Outcome: 2
- Other Outcome: 1
- Visited Emergency Room: 1
- Death: 1
Products Involved (11 unique)
- MEGA MEN ENERGY VITAPAK PROGRAM SAW PALMETTO FORMU
- NATURE'S BOUNTY SAW PALMETTO
- NATURES BOUNTY SAW PALMETTO
- PURITAN'S PRIDE FLOW GUARD SAW PALMETTO
- PURITAN'S PRIDE SAW PALMETTO EXTRACT
- PURITANS PRIDE EXTRA STRENGTH PROSTA-METTO SAW PAL
- PURITANS PRIDE PROSTA-METTO SAW PALMETTO COMPLEX
- SAW PALMETTO
- SAW PALMETTOS
- SWANSON WHOLE HERB SAW PALMETTO PROSTRATE HEALTH
- Saw Palmetto
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.