astaxanthin
Astaxanthin is a dietary supplement.
Generic
Key facts
- Active ingredient
- Astaxanthin
- Type
- Supplement
What is Astaxanthin?
From the FDA label:A potent carotenoid antioxidant from algae, taken for skin and eye health.
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Information is sourced from public FDA regulatory data. Provided for general reference only — not medical advice. Always consult a licensed professional and the current prescribing information.
What people report to the FDA about Astaxanthin
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 433 reports naming Astaxanthin, and the FDA flagged 53% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- fatigue55 reports
- diarrhoea36 reports
- nausea36 reports
- dizziness32 reports
- arthralgia31 reports
- headache31 reports
- dyspnoea29 reports
- asthenia28 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean Astaxanthin caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved September 25, 2026.
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