Comments on: Boy Hospitalized After Red Bull Overdose

By: Hero Motte

Hero Motte — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:07:33 +0000

4 red bulls, rockstar, monster, and starbucks double shot.im 14.a girl. dont try it. seriously.just dont.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:27:19 +0000

Psh, kids a pussy if you ask me, I took 4 stacker pills, 200 mg caffein per pill and washed a red bull down, im 14 i didnt go to the hospitle but it fuckin sucked, it felt like i had to puke, then i ate, but i got really hot, then jittery, started hallusinating a bit, my heart pounded so hard my friend could see it beat through my shirt, i felt so energised, but so lazy, i sat in a church for an hour then passed out in a taco bell, whent to his house, felt like i was gonna die the whole time, 8 hours later at 12 26 am, wide awake, heart not pounding anymore, WHAT

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:21 +0000

anything that is more than 100 percent pure of anything is not good for the human body

By: Julian Wright

Julian Wright — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:29:38 +0000

One single can of lite redbull sent me into convulsive shock and knocked me to the ground for over an hour until I had fully metabolised it. Had it not been for my partner, I’d be dead. That stuff is lethal and should certainly not be on the market

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:30:13 +0000

Energy drinks are the latest thing attacked by PTAs and other wannabe “suburban politicians”…as if they didn’t have enough control over their little preppy brats anyway…they attack caffeine because it’s easy; all they have to do is complain. They’re too lazy to touch the real problems like drugs and alcohol, because they would have to actually do something. There are hundreds of news stories about some idiot kid drinking X number of cans of X drink and dying after a basketball game, or being hospitalized with heart palpitations. That’s their own fault; you shouldn’t drink in excess of anything. Even water is a poison at a high enough dose. Stupid people making stupid choices like that kid are going to ruin caffeine for the rest of us responsible junkies. You have to know your limits; I am tolerant to caffeine; one day I had two Amps, a Rockstar, a Nos, and a Sobe NoFear within an hour and a half and didn’t feel more than alert.

By: David

David — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:03:44 +0000

1400 people die from alcohol injuries a year. And it’s legal.

How many from ecstasy? 70. And you can go to jail for life for possessing it.

Government hypocrisy knows no bounds.

By: Sarena

Sarena — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:35:54 +0000

I didn’t read all the comments to see if this was already mentioned.. but “it’s odd how caffeine makes the headlines – but we never see this: “Boy gets intoxicated after beer overdose”…” You want to make energy drinks illegal? Alcohol does a lot of damage and its not illegal. I think the best you can hope for is an age limit for buying potent energy drinks.

By: Have a look

Have a look — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:51:03 +0000

Its not about the Caffiene. i think in this case that caffiene is the cause for palpitations, However the real danger is Taurine in red bull that consumed at large amounts can lead to anxiety. These kind of dose of taurine are only used in Medical patients.
The countries that have Banded Red Bull state that it is due to the combination of Taurien, sugar, caffiene and glucuronolactone.

By: KP

KP — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:36:32 +0000

Too much of anything is bad. Think about it, too much oxygen, by hyperventilating, you could pass out. too much water, and you could die, it’s been reported. Too much sun, and you get a sunburn.

“paul February 26th, 2008 10:35 am
Let’s remember that’s not table sugar in Red Bull. It’s pure GLUCOSE! This guy bombarded his system with 216 grams of the body’s most basic and easily digested fuel. There’s no way enough insulin came be made fast enough to store it away as fat. He was a major dumbass.”

very true.

One time, i took about 790mg of caffeine, that is: 4 caffeine pills, and a java irish blend. after i drank the nasty thing, if I filled the bottle up with water, and took the residue off of the sides (i crushed the caffeine into a powder) i could’ve got every bit of caffeine, but I didn’t. If I did, however, that would be 960mg. whooee.

By: Shaping Youth » Energy Drinks & Alcohol: A Monster Mix of Madness

Shaping Youth » Energy Drinks & Alcohol: A Monster Mix of Madness — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:48:31 +0000

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