Energy Drinks May Cause Hospitalization

Published on January 18, 2013 by admin · No Comments

I like Red Bull as much as the next girl, but the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says cases of hospitalization due to energy drink consumption have jumped up according to data collected in past years.

According to Reuters:

“hospitalizations in the United States tied to energy drinks have jumped tenfold to 13,114 in 2009 from 1,128 visits in 2005.”

Problems arose a percentage of the time when these energy drinks were mixed with alcohol and other drugs.

So are energy drinks the real culprit? Or do they only cause a problem when mixed with alcohol, pharmaceuticals, or other illegal drugs?

{Which came first: the chicken or the energy drink? }

The American Beverage Association fired back against these statistics with comments of their own.

“The fact that nearly half the hospitalizations involved people who had also consumed alcohol or taken illegal substances orpharmaceuticals made ‘their consumption of energy drinks potentially irrelevant,’ the American Beverage Association said.”

This organization also said that the average mainstream energy drink contains only half the amount of caffeine as the average same size cup of joe.