Adverse Event Profile: Selenium

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 13 Serious Events: 9 Date Range: 20130925 to 20240428

Top Reported Reactions

Nausea: 2
HEART RATE INCREASED: 2
Abdominal discomfort: 2
Abdominal pain: 1
Dizziness: 1
Abdominal pain upper: 1
Faeces discoloured: 1
AGITATION: 1
ARTHRALGIA: 1
DYSARTHRIA: 1
DYSPHEMIA: 1
FATIGUE: 1
HEADACHE: 1
MALAISE: 1
PAIN: 1
PARKINSONISM: 1
TREMOR: 1
WEIGHT INCREASED: 1
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL INCREASED: 1
DYSPHAGIA: 1

Outcomes

Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 5
Disability: 4
Other Outcome: 3
Hospitalization: 3
Visited Emergency Room: 3
Visited a Health Care Provider: 3
Other Serious Outcome: 2
Required Intervention: 1
Life Threatening: 1
Death: 1

Products Involved (6 unique)

NATUREMADE SELENIUM 200 MCG (DIETARY SUPPLEMENT) T
PURITANS PRIDE SELENIUM PRODUCT
PURITANS PRIDE SELENIUM SOFTGELS (DIETARY SUPPLEME
SELENIUM
Selenium
selenium

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.