Spike Shooter Pulled From 7-Eleven Stores
Biotest must be enjoying all this publicity.
CBS news has done another story on the Spike Shooter energy drink. One school has already banned the drink, and other schools in the area are sending letters home to parents.
However there are some curious things about the story.
7-Eleven were handing out free samples of Spike Shooter to high school students. That strikes me as being a little irresponsible. Who was doing the handing out – was it Biotest or 7-Eleven? Does it make sense to you to hand out a product to high school kids that specifically says “not for under 18s”?
One guy featured in the story was sent to the emergency room and diagnosed with a “caffeine overdose”. We know that Spike Shooter has 300mg of caffeine. That seems a little low for an overdose – given that you could get the same amount of caffeine out of a Starbucks Grande brewed coffee.
So – the problem could be:
(1) The synergistic effect of the N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine and Yohimbe Hcl.
(2) The unfortunate guy in the story was quite caffeine-sensitive and/or had low-tolerance and/or had not eaten anything for a while.
(3) He had already consumed caffeine prior to this.
His symptoms were quite serious – increased blood pressure, heart rate. He claimed he was “going blue” and shaking.
I don’t believe in blanket bans of products simply because people don’t take warnings seriously. However – if some of these diet supplement companies are going to push their drinks into the teen demographic (either overtly or by subtle branding tactics) — then we are going to have a problem.
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I work in the medical field (paramedic) and i drink a bottle daily, of course I work a 24 hour shift so i need to stay alert and this stuff does it for me. I was first turned on to spike in 2007, I had to show i.d. for the first can i bought. Should people under 18 drink this stuff? No, and not necessarily because it’s bad for them. They shouldn’t drink it because it doesn’t mix well with the Monster energy, rockstar, redbull, etc. that they’re already choking down from seeing their favorite extreme athletes being sponsored by the companies. THEY’re the ones marketing to kids. bummer.
I got a free sample of this stuff about 2 years ago. I consumed 2 cans and did not sleep for over 24 hours. My friend got sick from 1 can and turned blue as the guy in story was.
I had a can of this stuff on the weekend for a little test run of it to see if it is really as good as it says it is. It really lives up to it’s extreme claims. It’s a really nice drink, makes me feel perfect, depression cure in a can, for someone like me that has quite a history with it. I didn’t experience any crash either and I can really say this stuff gets you high. It feels euphoric backed by the subtle more aggressive high of the caffeine in it but can vary depending on the person. Caffeine here isn’t the real star of the show, it the other stimulates in it and from reading this, I guess some people can’t handle it. As long as you drink responsibly, no harm done. I’m 18 now and still think that teenagers make a joke out of everything and makes people like me that actually enjoy drinks of this power look really immature and stupid in all of their energy drink gear who drink it for all the wrong reasons. If I ever need to show an ID to buy any drinks because so many teenagers are so fucking self-destructive with whatever they touch that requires a little responsibility on their part I’m going to be pissed. Anyways I’m going to have a can every Wednesday after excerising later when I’m most tired and go take a night walk later while listening to some uplifting music, will make a great night greater all thanks to this drink.
had can a an hour an half later i was going through convulsions my heart rate was way up i was feeling sick to my stomach on the ground of target parking lot luckily people were getting off work seen me i told them to call 911. i emt an the rest of the crew that shoed up was callin me a drugged overdose would not take my word about the drink sayin they never heard of it, wouldn’t bother lookin for the can interrogated me. took their time getting me to the hospital got same treatment there. would like this article sent to my e-mail please,,,
i work in a resturant 5 hours straight of on your feet moving like an arobic exercise i drink two a shift sometimes.but that said i can also drink monster like water.its all in tolerance.if you read the directs it says drink half then see how you feel not slam whole can and good luck.pay attention posers.plese keep selling this stuff its the only drink that does what it says.wing joint
I normaly don’t agree with cbs news cuz its stupid and their story is damaging somone else company. since I first tried spike the shot gun since I drank the whole can nothing didn’t happen at all that I didn’t get sick or anything at all but the problem is the store own of 7-11 needs to check the people’s I.D before buying the products same with buying beers and stuff. My body can handle up to two 16oz can of spike I’am not joking at all. Plus I never had any bad problems to my self because I drank it right, in right time.
This drink is the best tasting and for energy there is nothing like it on the market period. I’ve tried everything I hope they don’t take it off the market every time something good that works ends up being taken off the market. Its like alcohol drink responsible and you will be fine. Start slow and see how you do. If people can drink coffee all day then you should be able to drink one can of this but take it slow. I hope you can get into all the 7-11 so it will be easy to find.
This drink is the only true energy drink that does what it says. That being said, it is the responsibility of the person consuming the product to follow the warning labels and if it keeps the drink in 7-11 then they should ask for ID. I have had both the 8oz and 16oz cans, the 8oz cans say never exceed 1can daily, the 16oz cans say never exceed 2 cans. I have had 2 8oz cans within 10 minutes of each other while I do have an extremely high tolerance for caffiene I don’t recommend doing that. My only ill effect from 2 cans was a very upset stomach. I have many times had 2 cans around 12 hours apart with no ill effects. For those looking to find spike the 8oz can is much more potent and can be found at the vitamin shoppe and GNC I hope 7-11 will bring it back though because there are many more of those stores.