Results from Adverse Event Reporting (AER) System

The Food & Drug Administration AER system ensures that dietary supplement and prescription drug manufacturers report significant adverse events related to their products. The figures from 2008 were recently published.

• 1,080 from supplements (over half the US population, 154 million, take supplements)
• 526,527 from prescription drugs. For every adverse event from supplements, there are 488 adverse events from prescription drugs.