Adverse Event Profile: Vitamin C
Adverse Event Profile: Vitamin C
Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 216 Serious Events: 76 Date Range: 20040402 to 20250721
Top Reported Reactions
- CHOKING: 19
- DYSPNOEA: 17
- DYSPHAGIA: 14
- Nausea: 12
- HYPERSENSITIVITY: 10
- FOREIGN BODY TRAUMA: 9
- ASTHENIA: 8
- Pain: 8
- Pruritus: 8
- VOMITING: 8
- COUGH: 8
- Rash: 8
- Alopecia: 8
- MALAISE: 7
- DIARRHOEA: 7
- ABDOMINAL PAIN: 7
- PAIN: 7
- HEART RATE INCREASED: 7
- FATIGUE: 6
- Abdominal pain upper: 6
Outcomes
- Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 149
- Hospitalization: 49
- Visited a Health Care Provider: 43
- Visited Emergency Room: 38
- Other Serious Outcome: 19
- Life Threatening: 17
- Other Outcome: 16
- Disability: 9
- Allergic Reaction: 4
- Required Intervention: 3
Products Involved (85 unique)
- ASCORBIC ACID
- B Vitamin Complex
- BEROCCA (CAFFEINE, MINERALS, ASCORBIC ACID, VITAMI
- BEROCCA CAFFEINE MINERALS ASCORBIC ACID VITAMIN B
- BUFFERED VITAMIN C
- C-1000
- EMERGEN C VITAMIN C CHEWABLES
- EMERGEN C VITAMIN C SUPER ORANGE
- EMERGEN-C (ASCORBIC ACID, B-COMPLEX, ELECTROL YTE,
- EMERGEN-C (ASCORBIC ACID, B-COMPLEX, ELECTROLYTE,
- EMERGEN-C (ASCORBIC ACID,B-COMPLEX,ELECTROLYTE,MUL
- EMERGEN-C ASCORBIC ACID B-COMPLEX ELECTROLYTE MULT
- EMERGEN-C ASCORBIC ACID, B-COMPLEX, ELECTROLYTE, M
- EMERGEN-C KIDZ VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID, B-COMPLEX
- EMERGEN-C(ASCORBIC ACID, B-COMPLEX, ELECTROL YTE,
- EMERGEN-C(ASCORBIC ACID,B-COMPLEX,ELECTROL YTE,MUL
- EQUATE COMPLETE MULTIVITAMIN COATED TABLETS
- ESTER-C (ASCORBIC ACID) CAPSULE
- ESTER-C (VITAMIN C)
- ESTER-C 24 HOUR IMMUNE SUPPORT 1000MG COATED TABLE
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.