Interesting Comparison (604 vs. 450,000)

As you may or may not know, the Food and Drug Administration implemented the Adverse Event Reports (AER) system last year. In an effort to protect the end consumer, this process requires manufacturers of dietary supplements to report all AERs to the FDA, much like pharmaceutical companies do. Since the AER process began, there have been 604 adverse event reports submitted. To put things in perspective, 450,000 AERs were received in 2007 from prescription pharmaceuticals.

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