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Olive Side Effects

The most commonly reported side effects of olive include nausea, vomiting, and off label use, based on 1,249 FDA adverse event reports from 2004 to 2025. 2.7% of reports found the drug to be ineffective.

Olive side effects

Percentages show how often each reaction appears relative to total reports for olive.

1
Nausea8.1%101
2
Vomiting7.6%95
3
Off Label Use6.3%79
4
Pyrexia5.8%73
5
Fatigue5.3%66
6
Dyspnoea4.6%58
7
Diarrhoea4.6%57
8
Sepsis4.5%56
9
Intentional Product Use Issue4.0%50
10
Malaise3.9%49
11
Vascular Device Infection3.7%46
12
Death3.6%45
13
Back Pain3.6%45
14
Rash3.4%43
15
Pruritus3.4%42

These are voluntary reports and do not establish that olive caused these reactions.

Report severity

76.0%Serious949 reports
36.5%Hospitalizations456 reports
10.6%Fatal133 reports

Seriousness is determined by the reporter, not by OpenClaim.

Olive drug interactions

Other drugs that appear in adverse event reports alongside olive. Drugs flagged as a suspected cause appear in the first column. Drugs taken at the same time but not suspected appear in the second.

Also suspected

1
Soybean-oil52.4%654
2
Fish50.5%631
3
Medium-chain-triglycerides50.4%629
4
Potassium-chloride13.7%171
5
Sodium-chloride13.5%168
6
Sterile11.0%138
7
Magnesium-sulfate9.0%112
8
Sodium-glycerophosphate8.6%108
9
Fludeoxyglucose-f-188.0%100
10
Dextrose6.8%85
11
Calcium-gluconate6.2%78
12
Amino-acids6.1%76
13
Calcium-chloride5.9%74
14
Trastuzumab4.0%50
15
Capecitabine3.3%41

Taken alongside

1
Acetaminophen18.5%231
2
Fish17.6%220
3
Soybean-oil16.2%202
4
Medium-chain-triglycerides14.9%186
5
Furosemide9.5%119
6
Pantoprazole-sodium8.2%103
7
Ondansetron8.0%100
8
Levothyroxine-sodium7.7%96
9
Aspirin7.1%89
10
Potassium-chloride6.6%82
11
Albuterol6.5%81
12
Ascorbic-acid6.2%77
13
Dexamethasone6.1%76
14
Sodium-chloride6.1%76
15
Omeprazole6.0%75

Co-occurrence in adverse event reports does not establish a drug interaction. Patients often take multiple medications, and these lists reflect prescribing patterns rather than causal relationships. Consult a healthcare provider about potential drug interactions.

Who reports olive side effects

48.5% of olive adverse event reports involve female patients and 35.1% involve male patients. The largest age group is adult at 38%. These figures reflect who reports side effects, not underlying risk.

Sex

Female48.5%
Male35.1%
Unknown16.3%

Age group

< 217.2%
2–1110.6%
12–173.4%
18–6438.0%
65+30.7%

What is olive used for

Conditions and purposes for which patients were taking olive when the adverse event was reported.

Abdominal PainAnaplastic Large-cell LymphomaArrhythmiaAstheniaAdjuvant TherapyAdverse EventArthropod BiteBlood Triglycerides DecreasedBronchopulmonary DysplasiaCardiac DisorderCerumen ImpactionCholestasisConstipationCrohn^s DiseaseCachexia

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Olive brand names and reporting trend

Olive is sold under the brand name Clinolipid 20%.

Brand names

Clinolipid 20%435

Quarterly reports (20042025)

20042010201520202025

An upward trend reflects increased FAERS reporting overall, not necessarily increased risk.

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