Adverse Event Profile: Vitamin E

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 69 Serious Events: 30 Date Range: 20040205 to 20250910

Top Reported Reactions

  • FOREIGN BODY TRAUMA: 5
  • HEADACHE: 4
  • CHOKING: 4
  • DYSPHAGIA: 4
  • DYSPNOEA: 4
  • CONSTIPATION: 4
  • NAUSEA: 4
  • ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER: 4
  • HYPOAESTHESIA: 4
  • FATIGUE: 3
  • Dizziness: 3
  • Diarrhoea: 3
  • ABDOMINAL PAIN: 3
  • Alopecia: 3
  • LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: 3
  • HYPERSENSITIVITY: 3
  • PULMONARY EMBOLISM: 3
  • THROMBOSIS: 3
  • BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED: 2
  • Retching: 2

Outcomes

  • Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 45
  • Visited a Health Care Provider: 20
  • Hospitalization: 18
  • Visited Emergency Room: 11
  • Other Serious Outcome: 10
  • Other Outcome: 5
  • Disability: 5
  • Life Threatening: 5
  • Required Intervention: 2
  • Death: 2

Products Involved (25 unique)

  • NATUREMADE VITAMIN E
  • OMEGA 3 (TOCOPHEROL, FISH OIL)
  • PURITAN'S PRIDE COMPLETE B B-COMPLEX VITAMIN EASY
  • PURITAN'S PRIDE HIGH GAMMA TOCOPHEROL
  • PURITAN'S PRIDE VITAMIN E 184MG (400 IU) WITH SELE
  • PURITANS PRIDE NATURAL E-400 IU D-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL
  • PURITANS PRIDE NATURAL E-400 IU RAPID RELEASE SOFT
  • PURITANS PRIDE NATURAL E-4001U MIXED TOCOPHEROLS R
  • PURITANS PRIDE NATURAL E-400IU WITH SELENIUM
  • SOLGAR NATURALLY SOURCED VITAMIN E
  • TOCOPHEROL
  • VITAMIN E
  • VITAMIN E (SHAKLEE)
  • VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL)
  • VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL) CAPSULE, SOFT
  • VITAMIN E 400IU
  • VITAMIN E DIETARY SUPPLEMENT
  • VITAMIN E TOCOPHEROL
  • VITAMIN E TOCOPHEROL TOCOPHEROL
  • VITAMIN WORLD VITAMIN E-400

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.