Table 3.

National Estimates of Symptoms Documented in Emergency Department Visits for Dietary Supplement Adverse Events from Selected Dietary Supplement Product Categories, Excluding Unsupervised Child Ingestions—United States, 2004–2013^*

Symptoms	Emergency Department Visits for Dietary Supplement Adverse Events†
	National Estimate
	%	95% Confidence Interval
Supplements for Weight Loss
Palpitations, Chest Pain, and/or Tachycardia	42.9	38.4 – 47.4
Headache, Dizziness, Presyncope, and/or Other Acute Sensory or Motor Impairment	32.1	26.2 – 38.0
Nausea, Vomiting, and/or Abdominal Pain	18.6	13.6 – 23.7
Mild to Moderate Allergic Reaction	14.3	9.5 – 19.2
Anxiety/Feeling Jittery	12.9	10.2 – 15.5
Severe Allergic Reaction	4.2	2.3 – 6.2
Seizure, Syncope, and/or Loss of Consciousness	4.0	2.1 – 5.8
Supplements for Energy
Palpitations, Chest Pain, and/or Tachycardia	46.0	39.1 – 52.9
Headache, Dizziness, Presyncope, and/or Other Acute Sensory or Motor Impairment	34.3	25.7 – 43.0
Nausea, Vomiting, and/or Abdominal Pain	23.0	15.9 – 30.1
Anxiety/Feeling Jittery	17.5	11.4 – 23.7
Micronutrients (Excluding Iron, Calcium, and Potassium)
Mild to Moderate Allergic Reaction	40.6	34.2 – 47.1
Pill-induced Dysphagia or Globus	23.6	17.1 – 30.0
Airway Obstruction (Due to Choking)	19.4	10.7 – 28.0
Headache, Dizziness, Presyncope, and/or Other Acute Sensory or Motor Impairment	7.0	3.8 – 10.2
Nausea, Vomiting, and/or Abdominal Pain	6.5	3.2 – 9.7
Severe Allergic Reaction	6.1	3.7 – 8.6
Palpitations, Chest Pain, and/or Tachycardia	3.8	2.2 – 5.4

^*National Electronic Injury Surveillance System–Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance project, CDC.

^†Symptoms are not mutually exclusive; totals may be >100%.