Adverse Event Profile: Vitamin A

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 22 Serious Events: 13 Date Range: 20080122 to 20250617

Top Reported Reactions

  • Headache: 2
  • Vision blurred: 2
  • ABDOMINAL PAIN: 2
  • FATIGUE: 2
  • HEADACHE: 2
  • NAUSEA: 2
  • VISION BLURRED: 2
  • Dysgeusia: 2
  • DYSPHAGIA: 2
  • Blood pressure increased: 1
  • Epistaxis: 1
  • Erythema: 1
  • Haemorrhoids: 1
  • Infrequent bowel movements: 1
  • ALOPECIA: 1
  • BLOOD CALCIUM INCREASED: 1
  • BONE PAIN: 1
  • FONTANELLE BULGING: 1
  • HYPERVITAMINOSIS A: 1
  • INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE INCREASED: 1

Outcomes

  • Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 12
  • Hospitalization: 8
  • Visited Emergency Room: 6
  • Other Serious Outcome: 4
  • Required Intervention: 3
  • Visited a Health Care Provider: 3
  • Life Threatening: 2
  • Disability: 2
  • Congenital Anomaly: 1
  • Other Outcome: 1

Products Involved (14 unique)

  • BERKLEY AND JENSEN WOMEN'S DAILY MULTIVITAMIN AND
  • BIO - AE MULSION FORTE WITH VITAMIN A
  • COD LIVER OIL/VITAMIN A
  • NUMAQULA VITAMIN AREDS2 FORMULA DIETARY SUPPLEMENT
  • NUTRILITE MEN'S SUPPLEMENT PACK DAILY MULTIVITAMIN
  • ONE A DAY WOMEN'S MULTIVITAMIN AND MINERAL SUPPLEM
  • PRESERVISION EYE VITAMIN AND MINERAL SUPPLEMENT AR
  • PURITANS PRIDE BETA CAROTENE PROVITAMIN A
  • RETINOL
  • VITALITY MULTIVITAMIN AND MINERAL PRENATAL
  • VITALITY MULTIVITAMIN AND MINERAL WOMEN
  • VITAMIN A
  • Vitamin A
  • unspecified Vitamin A

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.