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Bishoy Wassef1, Michelle Kohansieh2, Amgad N Makaryus3
1Department of Family Medicine, Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States.
Abstract:
Throughout the last decade, the use of energy drinks has been increasingly looked upon with caution as potentially dangerous due to their perceived strong concentration of caffeine aside from other substances such as taurine, guarana, and L-carnitine that are largely unknown to the general public. In addition, a large number of energy drink intoxications have been reported all over the world including cases of seizures and arrhythmias. In this paper, we focus on the effect of energy drinks on the cardiovascular system and whether the current ongoing call for the products' sales and regulation of their contents should continue.
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