REDLINE ENERGY DRINK DEATH UPDATE
Update October 2012: Her parents are suing Monster Energy for wrongful death although the girl did have a known pre-existing heart condition. There seem to be some conflicting stories as to how much she really consumed and this seems true since 480mg in a 24 hour period isn’t a toxic amount. The cause of death was a heart arrhythmia due to caffeine toxicity. 2011 Fourteen-year-old Anais Fournier, died after she consumed two 24 ounce Monsters (480mg of caffeine) in a 24 hour period.2010 a 23-year-old British man from Mansfield, England died after taking to 2 spoonfuls of pure caffeine powder washed down by an energy drink at a party.
In the late 1990s an Australian woman, with a heart condition died after consuming a guarana based shot from her local health food store.She was taken to the hospital but recovered soon after. 17-year-old Jasmine Willis, a Durham, UK waitress overdosed by drinking 7 double espressos in 2007.A 56-year-old British man drank 25 Red Bulls in an evening and awoke the next morning with a brain hemorrhage.19-year-old James Stone dies after taking 25 to 30 caffeine pills in 2007.Without quick medical intervention, she would have died since she consumed more than a lethal amount of caffeine. A 26-year-old woman was hospitalized after she consumed 20 grams of caffeine by ingesting pure caffeine powder.Here are some of the more recent cases of an overdose resulting in death or hospitalization Caffeine Overdose Documented CasesĬaffeine overdose does happen and has been documented. They do this by assisting with caffeine metabolism*. A single teaspoon of caffeine is equivalent to between 16 and 25 cups of coffee.There is some research indicating products that contain rutaecarpine can actually reduce the impact of caffeine’s side effects. Sweatt allegedly mixed the caffeine with water as a ‘healthier’ alternative to diet sodas, but drastically miscalculated the dose. Those killed include 18-year-old Logan Stiner of LaGrange Ohio, and 24-year-old James Wade Sweatt from Georgia.
REDLINE ENERGY DRINK DEATH SERIES
Food and Drug Administration issued a warning around powdered caffeine after a series of heart attack deaths were linked to its use.
The Centers for Disease Control doesn’t track death by caffeine as its own category-these deaths are lumped in with other drug use data-but in 2014, the U.S. Caffeine causes short-term increases in blood pressure and nervous system activity that can trigger a heart attack, which is what killed Cripe-and his death isn’t the first. A 2015 Mayo Clinic study found that a single energy drink could increase the risk of heart disease in young adults.
One serving, it should be noted, is four ounces-half the small bottle. Point being, it’s pretty easy to throw those things back and lose track. The label warns that it’s not recommended for use by children under the age of 18, but it also says that one serving has less caffeine than two cups of coffee.
Ounce for ounce, it has almost two and a half times the caffeine as that Starbucks cup of coffee. If you still have trouble wrapping your head around the idea of overdosing on caffeine, just take a look at some of the products now available for purchase: Redline Xtreme is an energy drink that promises to “improve reaction time” and “increase reaction time,” and is sold at health food stores with the tempting promise of zero calories and 316mg of caffeine in an eight-ounce bottle.
0 kommentar(er)
