Caffeine fatalities--four case reports |
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| Authors: | Holmgren Per Nordén-Pettersson Lotta Ahlner Johan |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;2. Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;3. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;1. Dutch Poisons Information Center (DPIC), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;2. Neurotoxicology Research Group, Division Toxicology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.177, NL-3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands;1. Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi;2. Ghulam Muhammad Medical College, Sukkur, +92-3270225366;1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Nanociências; Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde e da Vida, Universidade Franciscana - UFN, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil;2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Pediatria e Saúde da Criança, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Four cases of fatal intoxications with caffeine are described. Caffeine is widely available in beverages and in different OTC-products, in many of them in combinations with other drugs like ephedrine. Caffeine is not as harmless as one might believe. An overdose of caffeine alone, intentional or not, might be deadly. It seems to be warranted to include caffeine in the drug-screening of forensic autopsy cases. It is not motivated from a medical point of view to sell pure caffeine over the counter. |
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