Emergency department visits for adverse events related to dietary supplements.

Geller AI, Shehab N, Weidle NJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015;373:1531-1540.

This study estimated that adverse events related to dietary supplements cause 23,000 emergency department visits per year in the United States. Ingestions by unsupervised childrenaccounted for nearly a quarter of the visits. Other common events included palpitations, chest pain, or tachycardia related to weight loss or energy supplements.