Adverse Event Profile: Zinc

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 52 Serious Events: 27 Date Range: 20040223 to 20250429

Top Reported Reactions

FATIGUE: 4
DYSPNOEA: 4
THROMBOSIS: 4
HEADACHE: 3
Choking: 3
Abdominal pain: 3
Malaise: 3
DIZZINESS: 3
MALAISE: 3
Diarrhoea: 3
Abdominal discomfort: 3
SKIN DISCOLOURATION: 2
RASH: 2
Dizziness: 2
Vertigo: 2
Foreign body: 2
Jaundice: 2
Nausea: 2
Vomiting: 2
HEART RATE INCREASED: 2

Outcomes

Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 32
Hospitalization: 12
Visited a Health Care Provider: 11
Visited Emergency Room: 11
Other Serious Outcome: 9
Life Threatening: 8
Other Outcome: 6
Disability: 6
Required Intervention: 1
Death: 1

Products Involved (25 unique)

CENTRUM CENTRUM A TO ZINC
EMERGEN-C HEART HEALTH (ASCOR, B-COMP, ELECTROLYT,
EMERGEN-C IMMUNE PLUS (ASCORB, B-COMPLEX, ELECTROL
EMERGEN-ZZZZ (ASCORB,ELECTROL YTES,MELATONIN,MUL T
GNC ZINC 100
NATURE'S BOUNTY ZINC
NATURES BOUNTRY STRESS FORMULA WITH ZINC TABLETS
NATURES BOUNTY ZINC
PURITAN'S PRIDE CHELATED ZINC TABLETS
PURITAN'S PRIDE ZINC (ZINC GLUCONATE)
PURITANS PRIDE CHELATED ZINC (ZINC GLUCONATE) CAPL
REXALL ZINC
SUNDOWN NON GMO ESSENTIAL ZINC
URINOZINC PROSTATE PLUS WITH BETA SITOSTEROL
ZARBEES BABY COUGH PLUS IMMUNE SYRUP AGAVE GRAPE (
ZINC
ZINC (DIETARY SUPPLEMENT)
ZINC (GLUCONATE)
ZINC (SHAKLEE)
ZINC (ZINC [ZINC])

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.