• Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · Mar 2012

    Case Reports

    Single tonic-clonic seizure after energy drink abuse.

    • Rocco S Calabrò, Domenico Italiano, Giuseppe Gervasi, and Placido Bramanti.
    • IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina, Italy. salbro77@tiscali.it
    • Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Mar 1;23(3):384-5.

    AbstractEnergy drinks are soft beverages especially marketed for adolescents in order to obtain a heightened sense of awareness. Concerns about the safety of these drinks are raised based on our observation of potentially serious adverse effects. Caffeine and taurine are psychoactive agents highly present in energy drinks, which may lead to modification of neurotransmission. We herein report the case of a 20-year-old man presenting with a generalized epileptic seizure after energy drink consumption.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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