Poisoning by energy drinks
Not only binge drinking is a concern in the Netherlands, a growing number of cases of energy drink poisoning is occurring.
Having trouble to stay awake in your struggle to study the last summary for your exam? Try not to lunge at energy drinks too easily. More and more young people are poisoned by an overdose of energy drinks.
Palpitations, chest pain, a feeling of being rushed and sleep disorders are symptoms with which young people rush to the doctor or hospital. Energy drinks, after alcohol, form the biggest cause of poisoning caused by products available in the supermarket, says Antoinette van Riel of the National Poisoning Information Centre (Nationaal Vergiftigingen Informatiecentrum) in the Brabants Dagblad. The main cause for these poisonings is caffeine.
In 2011, the National Poisoning Information Centre got 26 reports of energy drink poisoning. In 2010 they received 16 reports and in 2006 this count stopped at 3. In Tilburg, according to Harm van der Pas, doctor at the emergency room of the Elisabeth Hospital, an estimated five to ten people are poisoned by an overdose of energy drinks annually,
