Detecting Signals of Dietary Supplement Adverse Events from the CFSAN Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS).

Dietary supplement adverse events are potentially severe, yet knowledge regarding the safety of dietary supplements is limited. The CFSAN Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS) contains records of adverse events attributed to supplements and is potentially useful for dietary supplement pharmacovigilance. This study investigates the feasibility of mining CAERS for dietary supplement adverse events as well as for monitoring the safety of dietary supplement products.