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Caffeine Intoxication: Unregulated, Over-the-Counter Sale of Potentially Deadly Supplements

Caffeine is an integral part of beverages, food, and medications. Severe intoxication of caffeine is rare, and reports are even scarcer. However, over-the-counter, unregulated sale of performance-enhancing compounds, such as caffeine, turns high-dose consumption into a real concern. Severe intoxicat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pina Cabral, João, Sousa, David L, Carvalho, Catarina, Girao, Adriana, Pacheco Mendes, Adriano, Pina, Rui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8824417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35155012
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21045
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Sumario:Caffeine is an integral part of beverages, food, and medications. Severe intoxication of caffeine is rare, and reports are even scarcer. However, over-the-counter, unregulated sale of performance-enhancing compounds, such as caffeine, turns high-dose consumption into a real concern. Severe intoxication may be fatal, usually by malignant cardiac arrhythmia. We report a case of a 23-year-old university student who accidentally consumed about 100 times the amount present in an expresso of anhydrous caffeine.