Death By Caffeine..

Always wondered if caffeine can kill? Today’s stumble brings that up:

Fatalities from caffeine intake are extremely rare. Death by an energy drink is virtually impossible due to the sheer amount of liquid that would need to be ingested at one time. Caffeine pills, however, are a different story.

The death of a 19 year old Connecticut resident, James Stone, has been blamed on “caffeine toxicity”. The culprit was a dose of two dozen No-Doz tablets.

From the New Haven Register:

“I don’t want any other parent to go through what my wife and I have been through,” James Stone Sr. said. “It does not say on the bottle that it will kill you. It says right on the box that it’s like a cup of coffee.”

A quick tote up of the dose equates to about 4800 mg of caffeine (presumably these were the maximum strength No-Doz). As you can see on the box: “Safe as coffee”. That’s not really true. Caffeine in the form of this little pill hits you all at once. Drinking the equivalent in coffee takes considerably longer.

This is a tragic story – and serves as a warning. Don’t mess around with the pills – especially if you have high blood pressure issues or heart problems.

Quote: A Real Life Death By Caffeine

I think I drink a good share of caffeine a day. It’s usually one or two cups a day to keep myself awake during work or for anything. It really does help me to stay awake and its almost become an addiction for me. Controll? Hard.. I’m sure some of you all have been addicted to one thing or another.

Death will be quick and swift if i manage to down 130+ cups of instant coffee one after another. Yea rite.. Don’t think i’ll every get past more than 10 in a row!